# Million-dollar tequila heist in Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393 "2024-11-18T11:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/1 "2024-11-18T11:32:54Z")
I know the news recently has been very disappointing and folks feel devastated (I’m one of them), but fess up! Who was it? And will you share the goods? > **[Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's Santo Tequila Trucks Hijacked in 'Double Heist.'...](https://people.com/guy-fieri-sammy-hagar-santo-trucks-hijacked-1m-worth-of-tequila-exclusive-8746492)** > > Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's Santo tequila trucks were hijacked in Laredo, Texas, and 24,240 bottles are missing. The trucks were transporting 4,040 cases of tequila, or 24,240 bottles, including Santo blanco, reposado and a specially-made extra... ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/2 "2024-11-18T11:37:13Z")
It washn’t me. Hic. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/3 "2024-11-18T12:22:18Z")
Unless the thieves plan to drink it or give it to friends, they now have to figure out a way to sell a lot of tequila without raising suspicion, which will not be easy. They could transport it to Mexico, but that kind of defeats the purpose don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/4 "2024-11-18T13:21:09Z")
Luckily for the thieves, it’s a stable product and they can sit on it for as long as they want. I doubt the thieves want to go through the annoyance of disposing of it nickel-and-dime style over a long time, although that’s probably the best way to handle it. They probably don’t want to disguise the product since the brand is what makes it valuable. Probably best to find a dishonest distributor somewhere far away who will take the whole load at once. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/5 "2024-11-18T13:27:39Z")
I’ve had Sammy Hagar’s tequila. It was good. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/6 "2024-11-18T13:34:19Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I doubt the thieves want to go through the annoyance of disposing of it nickel-and-dime style over a long time, although that’s probably the best way to handle it. They probably don’t want to disguise the product since the brand is what makes it valuable. Probably best to find a dishonest distributor somewhere far away who will take the whole load at once. Could they quietly ransom it back? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/7 "2024-11-18T13:41:15Z")
If a truckload of Cointreau and a truckload of limes is heisted next, a better idea of their end game may emerge. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/8 "2024-11-18T13:52:54Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Could they quietly ransom it back? That is a time-honored tradition… ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/9 "2024-11-18T14:25:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve had Sammy Hagar’s tequila. It was good. Tequila & good don’t belong in the same sentence. You can have my share if I can have your brown water. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/10 "2024-11-18T14:37:47Z")
Why all the hate for tequila? I love drinking a flight of really good tequilas. Then again, I love vodka, scotch, whiskey, bourbon, etc. Pretty much everything except for gin. No love for juniper berries. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/11 "2024-11-18T14:45:33Z")
The stuff just tastes nasty. Every time I’ve ever had tequila it’s been a bad next day, & that’s not the tequila’s fault, I have to be pretty much snockered & should have stopped multiple drinks earlier to even _consider_ having any. I do agree with you on the gin, though. I do like a good whiskey, whether it’s Scotch, bourbon, rye, or something else…& _good_ beer; no, I won’t drink that Coors Diet shit ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/12 "2024-11-18T14:49:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I love drinking a flight of really good tequilas Great. Now there are three words that really don’t go together. Tequila is just gin using rabbit turds instead of juniper berries. Well, that’s my guess anyway. It’s the one spirit when there is more effort in making the actual bottle than the liquid inside. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/13 "2024-11-18T15:16:56Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > It’s the one spirit when there is more effort in making the actual bottle than the liquid inside. Harsh, but fair. I never met a tequila I didn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/14 "2024-11-18T16:33:06Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > That is a time-honored tradition… [When it doesn’t go wrong…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClASuxd8jQY) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/15 "2024-11-18T16:44:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I love drinking **a flight** of really good tequilas. My bold. Well, today I learned a new word, which has to be a good thing. I have had tequila once in my life, in a margarita in San Antonio Airport. Now, I’m a reasonably well qualified drinker, but I could barely make it onto the 'plane. Something in that cocktail is lethal. j ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/16 "2024-11-18T16:49:34Z")
Does tequila go with cheese? [Neal’s Yard Dairy ‘overwhelmed’ with offers of support after theft of 22 tonnes of cheddar cheese | The Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/neals-yard-dairy-cheddar-cheese-theft-22-tonnes-stolen-london-jamie-oliver-b1190462.html) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/17 "2024-11-18T16:55:44Z")
I can only guess that was the reason @kayaker made two sentences. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/18 "2024-11-18T17:01:49Z")
Has anyone checked Shelly West’s garage? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/19 "2024-11-18T18:59:08Z")
Million-dollar Tequila Heist If that isn’t a Jimmy Buffett tune, it oughta be. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393/20 "2024-11-18T20:11:35Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > _good_ beer No such animal. I’ll stick with my rum and single-malts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-tequila-heist-in-texas/1010393.md?page=2)