Thieves get away with pallets of pork from truck parked in Philadelphia near site of salmon heist

Multiple pallets of pork stolen in another Northeast Philadelphia truck heist

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It happened again - another heist involving stolen food from a tractor-trailer in Northeast Philadelphia.

CBS News Philadelphia was on the scene early Wednesday morning as police were called to Norcom Road, right off Roosevelt Boulevard.

A truck driver told police he was sleeping in his cab when he felt the truck shaking.

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It turns out someone was stealing two pallets of pork from the back of the truck.

Police tell us the suspect got away in a Lexus.

The truck driver says he was taking a nap until a nearby business opened up and he could make his delivery.

If this sounds familiar, that's because less than a month ago, on March 14, someone stole several boxes of salmon, cod, and bourbon from a parked truck in that same area.

That thief got away, after ramming a police car.

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