> What happened to the shipping container? Who owned the rural property? Where was the shipping container going?

Everyone's going to feign ignorance. The container owner will say they didn't realize the container had been stolen from their property, or they rented it to someone who's responsible for whatever they do with it.

The property owner will say they didn't give anyone permission to put a container there, or that they rented it to someone else.

The destination can be just a port, and a moving company can be hired to pick up the container from the port.

(Source: my spouse shipped a lot of stuff from China, and I was horrified at how little security and documentation was involved. I can see how cars cross borders so easily.)