In a story that I’m sure is incredibly embarrassing for the police forces of England, a semi carrying approximately $1 million in PlayStation 3 videogames (including GTA and Brothers in Arms) was stolen by a merry band of thieves.  The truck and its cargo were then recovered by police, who failed to capture the men responsible, which led to the same merry band of thieves stealing the same truck full of games from the custody of the police themselves!

The story began in Northampton, UK, when a truck carrying 16,000 PS3 games was reported stolen.  The bobbies were fast on the scene and tracked down the car the thieves used to transport the stolen goods.  The games and the truck originally carrying them were then taken to a police depot where they could be examined for clues leading to the identities of the thieves.  The police apparently didn’t keep a close enough eye on that truck…

The looters returned for their ill-gotten merchandise within hours and re-stole both the truck and the pallets of PS3 games right out of the police depot.  The truck itself was found yesterday, but the modern pirates seemed to have made off with a plentiful booty.  A police spokesman had the following to say:

“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.”

Yes, I’m sure the people clever enough to steal directly from the police are stupid enough to get caught selling stuff on eBay.  Nice try, though.  If these thieves were going to use eBay to unload their goods, why not just send empty boxes to people and not have to steal the games in the first place?  What would be great is if the thieves did sell the games on eBay and then went to the winning bidders’ houses and re-stole the games back a third time.

Source: Unigamesity

Tags: bandit, bobbies, burglar, despoiler, england, highwayman, incompetent, looter, Northampton, pilfer, pillage, pirate, plunder, police, PS3, ransacker, ravisher, stole, thieves, UK

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5 Comments » you got to be kidding on September 30, 2008 10:37 pm YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING they was that dumb to sell it on EBAY??? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. THEY NEEDED TO BE CAUGHT WHY NOT CRAIGSLIST OR PERSONAL ADS IN LOCAL SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PAPER UNNOTICE NOT UK DAILY PAPER. greeneggsnsam on September 30, 2008 11:28 pm Then after they stole them from their customers, they could steal them from each other. Dan Landis on October 1, 2008 1:36 am Then after they steal them from each other, they could sell them on eBay! Think of the possibilities! greeneggsnsam on October 1, 2008 7:33 am Infinite steal loop FTW. Lipscomba on October 1, 2008 2:24 pm five-finger discount for everyone!!! RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.