Thieves steal $6.6 million of Apple products in UK truck heist

[webfact]

Thieves steal $6.6 million of Apple products in UK truck heist

 

FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is seen through a security fence erected around the Apple Fifth Avenue store as votes continue to be counted following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police are hunting for thieves who made off with 5 million pounds ($6.6 million) worth of Apple products from iPhones to watches after tying up a driver and security guard during a truck heist in central England.

 

The thieves targeted the truck on a slip road to the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire last Tuesday evening, tying up the driver and guard whom they left behind, before they took the vehicle to a nearby industrial estate.

 

There they transferred the trailer onto another truck, and drove it about nine miles to the town of Lutterworth where 48 pallets of the Apple goods including watches, iPhone 11s, Air Pods, iPads and chargers were loaded into a third vehicle.

 

No weapons were used in the heist, and although the driver and security guard sustained minor injuries while being tied up, they were not hurt.

 

"However, as you can image this was a very traumatic ordeal for them both," a police spokeswoman said.

 

Police, who did not disclose how many criminals were involved, said they wanted to speak to "anyone who may have been offered any Apple products for sale in unusual circumstances, or who knows of anyone who is selling such items at low-cost prices".

 

Apple did not respond to a request for a comment.

 

(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Stephen Addison)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-11-18

 

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[canopus1969]

Sounds like the making of a movie

 

[Jack Hna]

Great film with the same MO already.

 

Called the Crew.

 

Set in scouserville

 

Great scene with a guy under a glass table.

[2long]

They're welcome to the lot. Will probably all go wrong or need iOS updates or new batteries before being taken out of the box.

[Tug]

Just happy no one was hurt and apple can afford it no big deal

[blazes]

The story doesn't mention a woman being involved, but it surely would not be possible to attack an Apple without a woman's help.  Granny Smith? or Beauty of Bath?

[lockyv7]

50 minutes ago, blazes said:

The story doesn't mention a woman being involved, but it surely would not be possible to attack an Apple without a woman's help.  Granny Smith? or Beauty of Bath?

I'm partial to the Pink Lady variety.  

Edited November 18, 2020 by lockyv7

[KannikaP]

What the hell has the caption below the top photo got to do with a robbery in UK?  LOL

[mrfill]

So that's about a dozen iPhones and a couple of iPads. Shocking (the price, not the heist)

[2530Ubon]

Find my iphone doesn't work very well eh?

[UnkleGoooose]

£6.6 million? So 2 laptops and an iPhone then. And the Apple drones that buy them will need to replace them next year on cue when Apple tells them to.

[Don Chance]

Apple has all the serial numbers. As soon as someone buys one and login to the net, they will be caught. Maybe the thieves are smart enough to wipe the serial number?

[herfiehandbag]

When I first looked at the headline, I thought someone had turned over a convoy of Thatcher's lorries out of Weston - Super - Mare!  Then I read further, and realised it wasn't such a heinous crime against society after all!

Edited November 19, 2020 by herfiehandbag

[Bluespunk]

On 11/18/2020 at 2:34 AM, webfact said:

British police are hunting for thieves who made off with 5 million pounds ($6.6 million) worth of Apple products from iPhones to watches after tying up a driver and security guard during a truck heist in central England.

I’m surprised this hasn’t happened before.

Edited November 19, 2020 by Bluespunk