Three men are facing charges in the heist of a moving freight train after a railroad drone spotted them in the act, according to authorities.
According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, officers involved in a joint operation to suppress cargo theft with Norfolk Southern Railroad were told about 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 19 that the railroad’s drone detected two people on top of a moving train near 60th Place and Stewart Avenue in Chicago.
The drone’s video also showed two men breaking into a shipping container, throwing “numerous packages” to the ground before jumping offstopped and fleeing into an alley…