Chicken wings and 9 more curious stolen goods

Forget drugs and fake Louis Vuittons. These days, manhole lids and hair extensions are apparently where it's at on the black market

Yoink: Chicken wings are hot commodity both at your super bowl party and on the street.
(Image credit: CC BY: BrownGuacamole)

Last summer's drought is wreaking havoc on the poultry market, with chicken relatively scarce this winter due to low feed production several months ago. And with the Super Bowl just around the corner, this meager supply and high demand has bumped chicken wings into the realm of hot commodities — so much so that wings are attracting some rather industrious alleged thieves. A pair of Georgia men were arrested on Jan. 23 for allegedly stealing $65,00 worth of Tyson chicken wings from the storage facility where they worked. (The chicken wings, sadly, have not been found.) If wings sounds like an odd item to steal and sell on the black market, you haven't seen anything yet. Check it out:

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Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.