Amazon semi-trailer ransacked outside Memphis distribution center

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are searching for suspects who ransacked Amazon trucks near an Amazon distribution center overnight.

A little after midnight Monday, officers responded to a prowler call at the Amazon Distribution Center on East Holmes Road.

Security told police that a brown truck parked beside semi-trailers that were parked on the street. Four suspects got out of the car and broke into some of the semi-trucks.

MPD found one of the trucks with its seal broken near Getwell Road. The driver said he did not know his truck had been broken into.

WREG was in the area and noticed several yellow containers filled with an assortment of items spread out on the ground. Amazon Security and Loss Prevention was busy Monday morning sorting and gathering up the merchandise.

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Memphis Police say they do not have any video surveillance of the incident and were not able to get fingerprints.

Increasing thefts have some delivery drives on alert. James Counce drives for a freight company in Paragould, Arkansas, and is aware that package delivery companies are frequent targets.

“I’ve been a professional driver since 2016, and I come to Memphis often,” he said. “It is concerning. I mean, it doesn’t affect me personally, but it does the industry all together.”

This is at least the second time an Amazon truck has been targeted in Memphis. Last week, a driver who was jackknifed on an icy Holmes Road said he had to fend off several people trying to break in.

Counce isn’t surprised that thieves are taking advantage of the extreme winter weather.

“There’s less people on the roads. There’s less people working, and it gives them more of an opportunity to target something,” he said.

So far, no arrests have been made. If you have any information that could help police, call CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH.

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