Thieves spirit away $500K of cognac

Police in Baltimore are trying to find the people responsible for taking more than $500,000 worth of cognac.

Early in the morning of March 16, Baltimore County police said someone made off with 2,142 cases of Hennessy Cognac worth $514,000, -as well as the tractor trailer holding it, from a fenced-in parking area in the town of Rosedale.

Police said the truck and trailer were found a week and a half later in Baltimore. The cognac, however, was gone.

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