November 8th, 2012, 02:10 PM | #1 |
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[hell for leather] - London’s bike thieves are at it again
On Tuesday morning, six robbers rode tasty motorcycles through London’s Brent Cross mall on their way to a smash and grab at jewelry store Fraser Hart. There, three of the robbers filled bags with $3.1 million worth of Rolex and Cartier watches, while the three getaway riders kept potential heroes at bay with an axe. [...]
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November 8th, 2012, 03:35 PM | #2 |
So, where's the reverse?
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LOL at the one motorcycle thief who thought it'd be prudent to flip the turn signal on while his buddies did the smash and grab.
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November 8th, 2012, 04:21 PM | #3 |
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November 10th, 2012, 01:01 PM | #6 |
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November 10th, 2012, 01:37 PM | #7 |
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He's got a head light out.....
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November 10th, 2012, 03:27 PM | #8 |
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They really got away with 3.1m in watches? I know that Cartier and Rolex watches are pricey, but 3.1m! Even assuming that each watch they nabbed is worth 5k, that's 620 watches. I'm amazed that a store in a mall would have 620 watches in stock worth 5k. Actually, I'm amazed that a jeweller's would have 3.1m in ANY stock immediately on hand. Maybe 500k. Maybe.
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November 10th, 2012, 08:23 PM | #9 |
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What a sucky camera operator. Hopefully he was doing better with a different camera. Not that they'd have visible tag numbers, but... geeze.
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November 10th, 2012, 08:44 PM | #10 |
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Er, so, GB is handing out free Rolex's to bikers?
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November 15th, 2012, 02:41 PM | #13 |
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My Fossil-designed Sony Ericsson MBW-150 Bluetooth wristwatch was $500 in 2007 and I thought that was expensive!
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November 15th, 2012, 04:20 PM | #14 | |
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November 16th, 2012, 12:45 PM | #16 |
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@flynjay: I have similar thoughts to you. Stealing from someone's business is wrong, but these guys really do have a smart way of going about it. You should see London traffic too. The only things that flow through the city are motorcycles and mopeds. The UK police have some very skilled motorcycle riders, but I doubt even they could get to the scene of the crime within 2 minutes of it being reported and then identify and chase all 3 bikes.
We do have a ton of cameras here. I have wondered if they could track them all the way back to where they dumped the bikes. Presumably the thieves have thought about that too and chosen a black spot where there aren't cameras. |
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