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French Connection: entire iPhone 5 shipment snatched in a Marseille armed robbery heist

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French Connection: entire iPhone 5 shipment snatched in a Marseille armed robbery heist
After iPhone 5 thefts on a a major scale in Japan and London, now it is France's turn. Around 8:30am the other day, two BMWs blocked a truck loaded with iPhone 5s and Macs in a relatively quiet industrial zone

The semi-trailer was on its way back from Marignane airport where it loaded the goods from a cargo plane, ready for delivering to the French Apple fans. Three masked men pointed a shotgun at the driver, and let him drive behind the BMWs, which were headed by a van to take the loot.

The whole convoy stopped in the countryside, and the driver observed how the men loaded just the iPhone 5 boxes in the van, and then drove away, torching the truck behind them. That's what happens when you are watching too many Jean Reno movies.

Considering that the 16GB version goes for EUR 679 ($874) in France, a few hundred iPhones represent a good chunk of change there, and we'll leave the French police wondering how did the robbers know this truck is carrying them, and its route.

source: LaProvence via GSMArena

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1. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:27 11

Can this be arranged by Apple from Conan's script to show how valuable iPhone 5 is LOL?

5. messiah posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:04 8

I don't need a better reason to ban iPhones than this.

11. PhenomFaz posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:27 2

MeoCao, buddy you might be on to something here :)
Serves Rotten Apple right...

2. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:40 6

Just another day for the transporter

3. jmoita2 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:44 8

OK, I'm flying to France... I'm on the case...lol

4. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:51 6

Time for inspector Cleaseau

6. OpTiMuS_BlAcK posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:19 2

You stole Apple products? *in Russian accent* You're gonna have a very bad day.

7. jmoita2 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:20 4

Or a very profitable one...

8. medicci37 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:57 19

"we'll leave the French police wondering how did the robbers know this truck is carrying them, and its route." It sure as hell wasn't from using Apples maps.

9. PAPINYC posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:01 4

I think you mean iHeiSt!

10. Kronic (banned) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:13 1

Ok now, what the f**k!

12. Nathan_ingx posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:42 3

Is someone trying to bring back Steve Jobs by assembling the stolen iPhone fives into a time machine?
Boy, they're in for a wild ride! They'll land on a different destination considering the failed maps and maybe they'll get interruped due to the faulty wifi facility and finally the time machine will crack into pieces because the light leaked.

13. asseek posted on 27 Sep 2012, 12:08 4

LOL, maybe Apple is the one stealing those crappy iPhones before they hit the market, because they are a total humiliation to Apple

14. MartyK posted on 27 Sep 2012, 12:16 9

I blame Google for this; how you ask?...below is why it's Google fault.

The thief use Google's map to make a clean get away; cause if they use Apple's map they would still be going in circle or over a cliff...thus, Google's maps help them get away...hahahah

15. -box- posted on 27 Sep 2012, 13:29 2

Time to call Poirot out of retirement... though I doubt he'd care about something as inconsequential as GTA and theft

16. whysoserious posted on 27 Sep 2012, 14:12 3

Apple should be pointing their thermonuclear war finger on these punks instead of Android. They're the real enemies.

17. Bernoulli posted on 27 Sep 2012, 15:12

Hahaha! I can totally see apple trying to make a lawsuit against samsung saying they sabotaged their truck because they stole their "patented route" lmao!!

18. Zahrawy posted on 27 Sep 2012, 17:03 2

Dumbass, stupid, retard and dim-witted thieves. Those morons have stolen a faulty merchandises.

19. inertiatic posted on 27 Sep 2012, 21:16 2

The best part of this article was "three masked men pointed a shotgun at the driver." I can just imagine 3 guys all trying to hold the same shotgun and fighting over who gets the trigger and where to aim it.

20. cncrim posted on 27 Sep 2012, 22:23 1

Samsung must did it :-)

21. galfiszabolcs posted on 28 Sep 2012, 00:38

Truck full of Apples :))

22. roscuthiii posted on 28 Sep 2012, 12:26

Pardon my French... Sacrebleu!

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