Dozens of brazen thieves swarmed a freight train in Chicago to steal as much as they could carry … and the wild scene was all caught on camera!
The cargo theft occurred Friday afternoon on the city’s West Side … when the large group quickly ransacked as much as they could before authorities arrived.
A news chopper for local station ABC 7 happened to be in the area … and got footage of the heist as it unfolded on the Union Pacific train.
A spokesperson for the railroad company told the news station, “the train was stopped, awaiting an interchange with a partner railroad, when thieves began opening containers.”
Footage from the scene shows officers arrive … guns drawn … and attempt to stop some of the scumbags … and at least six arrests have been made, per the news station.
The police investigation is ongoing … but it sure sounds like this not the first time such a brazen train theft has occurred … and it probably won’t be the last.
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