These papers really 'flew off the rack'.

The article reports on the profit-seeking thieves in the San Francisco Bay Area in California that pilfer news racks of free newspapers to be sold to recycling centers. Hal Brody hired a private detective, who watched as a truck with no plates methodically followed Express delivery vehicles. At every stop, the truck driver would wait until the deliverers were out of sight, then pull up, and empty the contents of the racks into the truck bed. The detective, an ex-cop, followed him to a recycling center.