In a heist that appears to be straight out of the Fast and Furious movie franchise, a group of skilled thieves was able to steal iPhones from a moving truck. The Five Romanian men involved in this heist reportedly tailgated the truck with their van before one of them climbed on to the hood of their van and broke into the truck from behind.
The BBC reports that five Romanian men have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of stealing iPhones worth $590,000 from a moving truck.
The daring heist involved tailgating the moving truck with a van before one of the thieves climbed on to the hood of their moving van and broke into the truck to steal the iPhones.
Once they gained access to the cargo, boxes of iPhones were passed back through the van’s roof while the vehicles kept moving. The theft took place on the A73 motorway near Horst.
According to ED, a news outlet based in the Netherlands, this isn’t a new MO for thieves and that gangs involved in these heists often modify their vehicles with an anti-slip map on the bonnet.
The police arrested five men on suspicion of pulling off their heist last weekend. They found iPhones at the addresses as well as the van that they believe to have been used in the heist.
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