Two trucks of tequila from the company that Fieri founded with Sammy Hagar were stolen after being diverted from their planned route, authorities said.
A screenwriter could try pitching this one to a Hollywood executive: a heist movie starring a flamboyant television host and a veteran rock ’n’ roll frontman on the hunt for $1 million worth of stolen tequila.
The crime happened this month after two trucks carrying tequila made by Santo Spirits, a brand founded by Guy Fieri, the celebrity restaurateur and spiky-haired host of “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives,” and Sammy Hagar, the former lead singer for Van Halen, crossed from Mexico into Laredo, Texas.
Joe Baeza, an investigator with the Laredo Police Department, said that after the trucks arrived at a warehouse in the city, they were picked up by legitimate truck drivers who set out to take them to their intended destination, a warehouse in Pennsylvania.
But somewhere along the route, he said, the drivers received new orders from someone they assumed was in charge of the delivery, di…
