Looks like someone took a wrong turn in Flavortown.
Two trucks loaded with 24,240 bottles cento tequila – Label co-owned by celebrity chef guy fieri and former Van Halen frontman sammy hagar – Went missing after an apparent robbery in Laredo, Texas last weekend.
It took 39 months to make all this LiquorWhich reportedly cost $1 million PEOPLE.comWho talked to Fieri about the appropriated alcohol.
“We’ve worked very hard,” Fieri said. “This is our best year ever at Cento. We just had so much momentum, and now, whatever’s on the shelf is going to be available to all the guys.
The Food Network star said that two trucks carrying 440 combined cartons of Santo were hijacked on November 9 or November 10.
He and his “Red Rocker” partner only found out about the Shanghai trucks on Thursday.
Fieri said it came at a terrible time: The holiday season is typically Santo’s busiest time.
Fieri said it was possible that “someone is trying to break the momentum” that Santo is gaining in the market.
Getting not just one, but two trucks gave even the goat-herding chef pause.
“I mean, there’s one. But now you have to have twice the number of people to pull off a double robbery,” Fieri said. “Taking two trucks seems too risky.”
Laredo police, the Los Angeles Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team and a federal organization were called in. cargo net The incident is being investigated, the outlet also reported.
Fieri has offered a $10,000 reward for information about the robbery.
“It’s like a movie,” he said. “I never in a million years thought it would come down like this, but it’s real.”
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