A ramen thief stole a trailer with almost $100,000 worth of noodles inside

The spiciest heist in history.
A ramen thief stole a trailer with almost $100,000 worth of noodles inside
How many packs of instant ramen can $98,000 even buy?? Credit: Getty Images

From the half a billion dollars worth of art stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to the time an Irish assassin scammed his way into stealing the crown jewels at the Tower of London, none of history's memorable getaways quite compare to the hungry thief in Georgia who got away with a trailer full of ramen noodles.

According to local TV station WAGA, a trailer parked at a gas station in Fayetteville outside of Atlanta, was hauled away sometime between July 25 and August 1. The station reports that the trailer was reportedly packed with $98,000 worth of ramen noodles.

How many packets of ramen noodles can $98,000 even buy? How does one even fit that many packets of ramen noodles into one 53-foot-long trailer?

Sheriff Barry Babb didn't have those answers. Per the Tribune Media Wire, he did confirm "the owner of the trailer had permission to park the noodle trailer at the gas station and it was 'secured' when it was stolen."

Add "The Great Noodle Heist of 2018" to the list of unsolved mysteries.

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