Guy Fieri, Sammy Hagar's trucks carrying $1 million of tequila hijacked in double heist after crossing border

Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's tequila concern took a large deed aft 2 of their freight trucks carrying $1 cardinal successful merchandise were stolen.

The personage chef, 56, and the erstwhile Van Halen singer, 77, are the co-owners of the tequila marque Santo Spirits. A typical for Hagar told Fox News Digital that the trucks were hijacked implicit the play of Nov. 9 successful Laredo, Texas. 

The missing trucks were carrying 24,240 bottles of Santo Blanco and Reposado arsenic good arsenic a specially made Extra Añejo, which was created implicit the people of 39 months.

Hagar's rep said "it appears this was an organized transgression effort wherever the trucks were illegally treble brokered to antithetic carriers who transferred the merchandise to their trucks" aft they crossed implicit the borderline from Mexico to Texas.

 Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's tequila marque Santo Spirits suffered a stroke aft 2 of its trucks were hijacked. (Getty)

"For a increasing institution similar Santo, it's truly a shame for thing similar this to hap successful the mediate of our strongest twelvemonth to day and close earlier the holidays!" Hagar said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

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"Anyone that knows concern knows that this is simply a immense setback for immoderate institution successful a hugely competitory market," the "I Can't Drive 55" rocker added. "But Guy and I volition survive. Most of all, we're gladsome that cipher was wounded during this crime."

In an interrogation with People magazine, Fieri said that helium and Hagar learned of the heist connected Nov. 14. 

"We've worked truthful hard," the Food Network prima said. "This is our champion twelvemonth we've ever had successful Santo. We conscionable had each this momentum, and present whatever's connected the support is each radical are going to get."

The trucks were loaded with $1 cardinal worthy of tequila. (Denise Truscello/WireImag)

Fieri told People that workers astatine their Mexican distillery were "on a 24/7 docket close now" to regenerate the stolen tequila.

However, Fieri said that it was improbable that they would beryllium capable to afloat replenish their tequila proviso successful clip for the holidays, during which Santos Spirits typically sees its highest measurement of sales.

The "Ultimate Recipe Showdown" alum told People that "someone could beryllium trying to interruption the momentum" that their tequila concern had gained successful the marketplace.

Fieri besides expressed his astonishment that 2 trucks were targeted by the thieves.

"I mean, 1 is one. But present you've got to person treble the magnitude of radical to propulsion disconnected the treble heist," Fieri said. "It conscionable seems truthful overmuch riskier to instrumentality 2 trucks."

Hagar said it was a "huge setback" for the institution during the engaged vacation season. ( Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Los Santos: Santo Puro Mezquila)

Santo Spirits president Dan Butkus told People that helium was disquieted astir however the theft of the full 440 cases of tequila would interaction their distillery and their employees.

"Our distiller is an autarkic distiller who's babelike connected our income for his livelihood and that of his team," Butkus said. "My income team, my selling team, the full Santo Spirits squad is babelike upon these sales.

"That's benignant of the portion that's astir hurtful to me," helium added. "We've got to enactment these radical some astatine the distillery and successful the U.S., and we can't bash it close present without the gross from these cases."

Fieri has offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who tin find the trunks. ( Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Los Santos: Santo Puro Mezquila)

People reported that the crimes are being investigated by Laredo Police Department, Los Angeles' Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team and the national cargo theft prevention and betterment web CargoNet.

Fieri is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who tin find the missing trucks.

He told People that helium is particularly hoping to retrieve the Extra Añejo. "It's similar the crown jewel of the company, thing that we've been moving on," helium explained. "You can't reproduce thing that takes 4 years to make."

"It's similar a movie — I ne'er successful a cardinal years thought this was coming down the pike similar this," Fieri said of the heist. "But it's real."