Cops Hunt Xbox 360 Hijack Gang

McManicMan · 23 Nov 2006 at 21:47

Cops in the UK are on the look out for a group of theives who stole £500,000 worth of Xbox 360's early on Monday morning.

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The 46-year-old trucker was then attacked and his vehicle, owned by distribution firm Hellman Worldwide Logistics, was stolen. It was carrying a shipment of a new WWE: Smackdown vs Raw 2007 Xbox 360 bundle which is due to launch tomorrow,
The driver was later treated in hospital for superficial injuries. The emptied trailer was discovered abandoned on the A38 near Sutton Coldfield the same day.

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News Source: Reghardware.co.uk

regulus · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:15

With my luck that shipment was headed from wherever i pre-ordered. :mad:

Hedge · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:17

hope a cheap one comes my way haha

Memphis · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:17

Might wanna edit the competitor out.

McManicMan · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:42

Memphis said:
Might wanna edit the competitor out.

its a review site, if the mods don't like it they can deleate it,

Memphis · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:43

McManicMan said:
its a review site, if the mods don't like it they can deleate it,

I ment the one in the quote

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DaveyD · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:44

Memphis said:
I ment the one in the quote .

Indeed

Oooh.... that's right by where I live... I dodn't do it... honest

Well, where the truck was dumped anyway.

McManicMan · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:50

FFS, done, cannot fart without doing something wrong with this new rule

DaveyD · 23 Nov 2006 at 22:53

Just think and take the extra 10 seconds to read the post before posting

McManicMan · 23 Nov 2006 at 23:01

will do,

Whappers · 24 Nov 2006 at 01:41

regulus said:
With my luck that shipment was headed from wherever i pre-ordered.

Same here

Gimpmaster3201 · 24 Nov 2006 at 11:39

Hopefully Microsoft will have the serial numbers of the consoles in the shipment and when they sign on to Live they will be tracked. Of course if they don't sign on to Live that could be a problem :confused:

McMav · 24 Nov 2006 at 12:29

Havent OcUK started to sell Xbox 360's

McManicMan · 24 Nov 2006 at 17:37

just an update, apprently there was 2 raids last week totalling £1million worth of 360's nicked

Over £1 Million of Xbox 360's Hijacked in a Week - UK

In two seperate instances in the UK, thieves have made off with Xbox 360's worth over £1 million. A spokesperson of the Staffordshire police said they will most likely go to people looking for a pre-christmas bargain. I don't know why he said that, what he should've said is we will bring those ******* to justice!

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A lorry load of Xbox 360s, worth GBP 750,000 was stolen on Wednesday, while a separate incident saw a truck with GBP 260,000 worth of consoles hijacked just days earlier, according to the Express and Star.

Road freight crime is an ongoing problem in the UK, and costs the economy up to GBP 1 billion per year.

Thieves are known to slash curtain-sided articulated lorries to steal goods or to trick drivers into pulling over before stealing the entire vehicle and threaten violence.

Police believe the Xbox 360s will be sold off cheap to punters looking for a pre-Christmas bargain. "They are in high demand and cost between GBP 200 and GBP 300," said Peter Stevens, spokesperson for Staffordshire Police.

Whappers · 24 Nov 2006 at 18:10

I don't know whats worse...

A Playstation 3 launch day riot

Or....

Xbox360 heist gangs

Whappers

gord · 24 Nov 2006 at 18:20

Whappers said:
I don't know whats worse...

A Playstation 3 launch day riot

Or....

Xbox360 heist gangs

Whappers

Clearly they are connected.. so many people are disappointed with the PS3 that sony is hijacking xboxs and squeezing the architecture into PS3 shaped boxes..

ScoobyDoo · 24 Nov 2006 at 19:35

Got to be a inside job..

Road freight crime is an ongoing problem in the UK, and costs the economy up to GBP 1 billion per year.

Thieves are known to slash curtain-sided articulated lorries to steal goods or to trick drivers into pulling over before stealing the entire vehicle and threaten violence.

Been targeting this sort of crime and have had some success, but the scale is massive, happening every day all over the place, and most of them receive information from an inside man!.

kidkhaos · 24 Nov 2006 at 19:52

McMav said:
Havent OcUK started to sell Xbox 360's

lol hmmmm and they have some very good deals............makes you wonder where they got they stock