14 DAY TRIAL // iPhones are still selling like hot cakes despite not receiving too many breaking changes in the last couple of years, and this is why they remain a top target for thieves worldwide.
A group of five Romanians knows this very well, as they set up a Hollywood style heist that involved tailgating a moving truck and jumping on to its bonnet, only to steal some iPhones that were then supposed to be sold on the black market.
Truth be told, the five Romanian men did not steal some iPhones, but no less than $590,000 worth of iPhones, so at some level, their stunt kind of paid off. Their only problem was that the police tracked them down and arrested all five, with the group now set to appear before a judge this week.
Nearly 800 iPhones stolen
One of the thieves has reportedly climbed onto the bonnet of a modified van using an anti-slip mat before eventually jumping on the moving truck. Once he broke in, he started throwing iPhone boxes to the other men through the van’s roof. The whole theft took place on July 24 on the A73 motorway in the Netherlands, according to the BBC.
"The truck was taking its freight from A to B and did not stop. Even so [the phones] were gone. So it must have happened that way. And now we finally have the evidence, with the van and the loot,” Police spokesman Ed Kraszewski was quoted as saying.
The five men were arrested on Saturday, and many of the stolen iPhones were found at their homes, though it’s not yet clear if any units were sold in the meantime or not.
Though the number of iPhones that were stolen was not provided, at an average price of $749 per device and with total damages estimated to reach $590,000, it means that the thieves managed to pass nearly 800 iPhones from the moving truck to their van during the whole heist.