$100,000 worth of Ramen stolen in tractor trailer heist in Georgia

Thieves have stolen nearly $100,000 (£78,000) worth of ramen from a tractor in the US state of Georgia, sparking a police search for the noodle crook who is still on the run.

The victim of the heist says that the robbery occurred sometime in the last week of July and that he returned to the 53-foot trailer to find that $98,000 worth of noodles – and the white 2004 Stoughton trailer holding the goods – had been stolen.

The heist has been confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Lt Allen Stevens of the Fayette County Sheriff’s office. He told the newspaper the incident occurred at a petrol station.

The trailer was last seen by other drivers on 29 July, according to the police report.

Ramen noodles retail at a range of prices, depending on the brand and quality of the noodles, and the police report did not indicate which brand was being stored in the trailer.

But, some of the cheaper ramen can be bought for just 29 cents a pack, or even cheaper if the noodles are bought in bulk. More expensive brands can cost more than a dollar a pack.

Given a 29 cent per pack retail value, that would mean that the crook or crooks snagged more than 300,000 packages of the foodstuff.

Police say that no arrests have yet been made in connection to the noodle heist.

The owner of the tractor trailer said that he had received permission to park the vehicle on the property before leaving it there for several days.