NYC Pharmacy Locks Up $3.99 Spam in Theft-Proof Cases as Big Apple Crime Wave Continues

With robberies up nearly 40 percent in New York City, it’s perhaps no surprise that a local pharmacy has taken the extreme steps of locking up cases of Spam.
Twitter user Willy Staley noticed the tins of $3.99 processed meat sealed in a theft-proof plastic container at the Duane Reade inside the Port Authority bus depot in Midtown Manhattan – known as one of New York’s grimiest areas.
Staley also found a $3.49 tin of Celebrity ham, which retails for a similar price, protected with the same measure.
While this is not a city-wide policy or one maintained by every Duane Reade in the city, other products are often locked up at other locations.