The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested one suspect and is in search of others in connection with the July theft of $1.6 million worth of alcohol from a warehouse in Gibsonton, Florida, WFTS-TV reported.
The suspect in custody, Miguel Angel Artiles Rivas, was apprehended July 14, 2023 following the discovery of the stolen alcohol in a storage facility in Hialeah, South Florida, according to WFTS-TV.
The arrest report stated during the burglary, approximately $30,000 worth of alcoholic beverages on pallets were damaged and destroyed. https://t.co/lr52eelF7F
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Rivas, along with unknown accomplices, allegedly broke into the Republic National Distributing Company warehouse earlier in July. Utilizing the company’s forklifts, the suspects allegedly moved a massive amount of alcoholic beverages into multiple semi-trailers,…