Stolen Playstation games stolen again... from police depot
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3100777/Stolen-Playstation-games-tak...
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The audacious burglary took place before the lorry carrying the stolen £600,000 haul of games could be fingerprinted or DNA tested.
The computer games, stacked in seven pallets, were initially stolen from a transporter lorry in Northampton while its driver rested.
Police in Leeds spotted fake numberplates on the blue Renault lorry being used by the thieves and it was impounded together with its contents.
But within hours, thieves struck again, smashing the shutters at the secure police depot and making off with the lorry.
The games inside it included 16,000 copies of Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, a World War Two game.
Other Playstation 3 titles include the controversial Grand Theft Auto franchise, which has sold more than 70 million copies worldwide but has also been blamed for a series of violent attacks.
The lorry was found empty and abandoned last Monday in a Matalan car park in nearby Bradford, West Yorks.
A police spokesman said: "We are pursuing a number of lines of enquiry, including eBay transactions where a number of the games have been potentially identified as being advertised for sale. Arrests have already been made in respect of this."
But makers Ubi Soft insisted: "Fans needn't worry as more stock is being parachuted in."
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deeblackangel
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It's still gangster as f@ck
- 3 years ago
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deeblackangel
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Tommyjolly
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I've got them. Buying offers via PM please. :-D
- 3 years ago
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Tommyjolly
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MiguelSanchez
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The police probably stole them themselves, and are blaming the thieves.
- 3 years ago
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MiguelSanchez
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bowtiekittydish
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those children and their video games
- 3 years ago
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bowtiekittydish
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itenerantsurf
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Stealing video games from the Police: That sounds like a mission out of the new grand theft auto.....
- 3 years ago
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itenerantsurf
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bekah_1984
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Hehehe, wow. You have to have some balls to pull that one off. I kinda want to congratulate them.
- 3 years ago
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bekah_1984
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richjm
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Wow, they've got some cajones!
CleftAsunder - great point. Perhaps they weren't thinking clearly because their minds were warped by GTA's alleged terrible influence. Um, yes, ban this filth etc.
*goes off to play GTA 4*
- 3 years ago
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richjm
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DogofWar2009
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richjm:
Why is everything compared to Grand Theft Auto...these people pulled off the heist in an effort to make money crime has been going on long before Grand Theft Auto was even around if anything it was their lack of commen sense
- 3 years ago
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DogofWar2009
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HughbertD
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Admittedly a pretty good idea seeing as how their fingerprints/DNA haven't been recorded.
- 3 years ago
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HughbertD
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CleftAsunder
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You would think that if they broke into a police depot they would of stolen something more valuable then PS3 games.
- 3 years ago
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CleftAsunder
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Beta_Boy
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You would have to be pretty brazen to break into a Police Depot.
Do you think they practiced on GTA?
- 3 years ago
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Beta_Boy
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mattbrawn
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Can't be that much of a secure police depot if it got broken into...
- 3 years ago
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mattbrawn
