£1 million of Xbox 360s stolen in Midlands

[wraggster]

A lorry containing £750,000 worth of Xbox 360 consoles has been hijacked by organised thieves, Staffordshire police has reported.

The crooks made away with the consoles - of which the CVG calculator estimates to be around 2,508 units - near a depot in Staffordshire.

The robbery is the second in a week, as a trailer containing £260,000 worth of the console was stolen from a depot owned by the same firm - Hellman Worldwide Logistics - about a week ago. This together puts the monetary value of the consoles swiped this week at over £1 million - in comparison that'll get you almost 12 whole PlayStation 3's on eBay (hoho.)

Apparently, the thieves managed to convince the lorry driver that something was caught under his wheels (perhaps a Badger, we speculate), and then upon exiting the vehicle beat him and left him on the roadside of the A38 at 5am on Monday. The gang, who were initially driving a Range Rover and Rover Saloon, then dumped the lorry minus the next-gen consoles.

Peter Stevens of the Staffordshire police made a call for witnesses to step forward: "We are appealing for information from anyone who is offered these games in suspicious circumstances, such as in a pub, at a car boot sale or off the back of a lorry".

[Luuseens]

...off the back of a lorry". or eBay?

[kothiria]

Don't know why people would buy a stolen xbox360 anyway, they would obviously know the serial numbers from the stolen batches so you would'nt be able to play it online so whats the point?

Was written in the local paper that premium packs are rumoured to being sold for around £100!!

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