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Thieves Steal $95,000 in Apple Products From Moving Truck

Thieves Steal $95,000 in Apple Products From Moving Truck

Posted January 16, 2014 at 4:19am by
Thieves in Germany robbed a moving truck that was carrying Apple products from the Netherlands to the Czech Republic, reports n-tv.de.

It appears the thieves pulled up behind the truck, got out of their vehicle while in motion, and used a bolt cutter to break into the truck. Around seven pallets of Apple products worth 70,000 euros were stolen. That includes 125 iPads, 4 iPad minis, 30 iPhones, and 2 keyboards.


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Incidents of this type were known until recently, more than from questionable action movies. But in the meantime, the deeds in this pattern seem to pile up. Last spring, a series of 50 similar cases had the authorities in North Rhine -Westphalia busy. The crimes go about it, always follow the same blueprint: The perpetrators often sat down with "larger SUV vehicles in the very peak hours in the middle of the night just behind the truck," it says in the statement of Kassel police. While the driver of the Tatfahrzeugs adapts to the speed of his victim, climbing one or more offenders out of the side windows or through the sunroof and on the hood of the vehicle tracker and thus reach the Back of the truck.

There, the cargo hold door will broken, destroyed the plan lock or cut the tarp, said the investigators. " Even while driving pallets are cracked and the most handy but expensive stolen goods, usually top quality electronics from hand to hand to the back passed over the hood in the SUV. " The action would last only a few minutes to complete and is easy to miss the truck driver, as the perpetrators remained in the blind spot directly behind the rear of the truck.
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You can check out a short video re-enactment below.

Read More [via 9to5Mac]


Thieves Steal $95,000 in Apple Products From Moving Truck

Thieves Steal $95,000 in Apple Products From Moving Truck
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Bigjiba
Bigjiba - January 16, 2014 at 6:23pm
I'm going to say inside job. But nice coverup to make it look like theft
yme
yme - January 16, 2014 at 5:41pm
Someone has been watching too much Fast and furious..
scores
scores - January 16, 2014 at 6:53am
That footage it's from Romanian police, in Romania.
Rick
Rick - January 16, 2014 at 6:41am
Isn't apple would just block the devices to be activated? I am sure those have serial numbers that Apple can just block them. I just don't get why bother.
lol08
lol08 - January 16, 2014 at 8:38am
They can just part them out brand new iPhone 5s LCD and housing are about 100 each and then there's other parts all immaculate even the boxes are worth something were talking about apple products not samsung
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