In UK truck heist, thieves stole millions of dollars worth of Apple goods. Police in the United Kingdom said on Tuesday they were hunting for thieves who made off with 5 million pounds ($6.6 million) worth of Apple products 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 who 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 the 48 pallets of the Apple goods were loaded into a third vehicle.
MacDailyNews Take: It is kind of ironic it happened on the M1, huh? So, if you’re wondering why your iPhone, iPad, or Mac hasn’t arrived in England, now you know.
“However the thieves were disappointed when they found only three fully decked out Mac Pros”…
And in other news Apple yet again stole $6.6 billion from loyal customers by charging $9 billion for $2.4 billion worth of extra RAM for its non-user-upgradeable Macbooks.
…but we stockholders will have a good Xmas.
Wassup, did you miss the boat? Again?
Such bitter tears…
Presumably Apple will know the serial numbers of all these items and when somebody starts using them, they might be in for a nasty surprise.
Yeah, good news is the price is cheap. Bad news is you may never log on to the Internet. Ever.
Pointless stealing Apple devices. The second they go online the police are knocking your door down.
For those interested in what was taken, one British newspaper reports that the load contained Watches, some types of iPad and chargers.
Pssst… anybody want a cheap iPad?
Text “Des Gusting” to 911…
Criminals endorse Apple products. They must be the same criminals that go after upscale jewelry instead of robbing pedestrians of a few pounds.
It was iJacked