What on earth could someone do with 80,000 lbs of beef? You can’t exactly move that kind of volume on the black market. Storing that amount of beef alone would take a massive amount of space and cooling.
It would take precisely two refrigerated semi truck trailers.
Fresh beef could be easily, easily sold, not even on the black market.
Print a fake bill of lading for delivery to any random grocery warehouse, write on the bill that it was rejected for some irregularity that has nothing to do with product quality (shipped wrong item, order was canceled but shipped anyway, anything really), and call up random food distributors until you find a buyer.
“I’m gonna give you a rule of thumb. You foller it and you just might hold on to this ranch of yours. All large-scale crime is an inside job. Takin’ fingerprints and sendin’ trash off to the lab just don’t ger her done. If you’re dealin’ with people, you gotta be human.” Slim Pickins as Henry Beige in Rancho Deluxe
What on earth could someone do with 80,000 lbs of beef? You can’t exactly move that kind of volume on the black market. Storing that amount of beef alone would take a massive amount of space and cooling.
Burn it.
It would take precisely two refrigerated semi truck trailers.
Fresh beef could be easily, easily sold, not even on the black market.
Print a fake bill of lading for delivery to any random grocery warehouse, write on the bill that it was rejected for some irregularity that has nothing to do with product quality (shipped wrong item, order was canceled but shipped anyway, anything really), and call up random food distributors until you find a buyer.
If I ever need to unload 40 tons of illicitly-obtained meat, I’ll be going to you, Mr. Semi.
Username checks out.
Also, they may have actually already had a buyer ready… could have even been an inside job…
“I’m gonna give you a rule of thumb. You foller it and you just might hold on to this ranch of yours. All large-scale crime is an inside job. Takin’ fingerprints and sendin’ trash off to the lab just don’t ger her done. If you’re dealin’ with people, you gotta be human.” Slim Pickins as Henry Beige in Rancho Deluxe