PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department continues its search for suspects connected to the theft of thousands worth of dimes from a truck in Philadelphia.
Authorities say officers responded to the parking lot of a Walmart on Byberry Road in the Northeast section of the city.
Investigators say responding officers found an unmarked trailer, which contained about $750,000 worth of dimes, broken open.
Police say the initial call came in as a theft with a group of ten more males stealing from the trailer.
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According to officials, detectives from the Northeast Division and SWAT held the crime scene as investigators surveyed the crime scene.
Police say they are searching for multiple male suspects in addition to a white Chrysler 300 and a dark-colored pickup truck.
Authorities say about $200,000 worth of dimes were stolen in the heist.
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Trailer with $750k worth of dimes broken into in parking lot of Northeast Philadelphia Walmart: police
Authorities say a parked trailer containing $750k in dimes was broken into overnight. Police found dimes scattered throughout the parking lot and down the street in the aftermath of the heist. They have not said how the thieves may have known that the trailer contained the money.