Authorities investigating theft of $400K worth of lobster

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 30, 2025

Thieves used a fake commercial driver’s license, spoofed emails and forged papers to steal a truckload of lobster meat worth $400,000 from a Massachusetts warehouse just a few days before Christmas. The Dec. 12 heist from Lineage Logistics, a cold-storage facility in Taunton, is the latest in a string of high-value cargo thefts plaguing the transport industry. In recent years, Maine has accounted for about 90% of the nation’s lobster catch. Maine lobstermen wondered if any of their own catch ended up among the stolen lobster meat. They rarely know where what they catch will end up.