A stolen tractor trailer filled with scallops was recovered Tuesday by a pair of Athens-Clarke County police officers who noticed a strange odor coming from the vehicle.
The officers were on lunch break in a vacant parking lot in the 3200 block of Atlanta Highway when they noticed the smell. Police said they checked the trailer’s tag and found it was registered to a company in DeKalb County and the trailer was reported stolen. Pallets of scallops were subsequently found inside the trailer, police said.