UK Gangs Stealing PS5s From Supply Vehicles – Whereas They’re Driving

We have reported a couple of theories about how PS5s have been going missing in the UK, however we by no means anticipated to listen to that gangs have stolen them from the again of supply vans whereas they’re driving.
The Times experiences that PS5s – in addition to TVs, cosmetics, cell phones and cigarettes – have been stolen from vans in motion on no less than 27 events within the UK this 12 months, with the determine apparently rising forward of the Christmas interval. Police have apparently contacted supply corporations concerning the tactic.

The method, known as a “rollover”, includes a number of automobiles boxing in a transferring truck, with a thief (sporting a rope) leaving a automotive travelling behind to climb shut, acquire entry to the again door, and throw the stolen items again into the automotive they left, earlier than climbing again in.

As we reported in our investigation into the UK’s missing PS5s, provide chains corresponding to Amazon’s have excessive safety for warehouses and supply drivers are carefully monitored to ensure they full journeys. Nonetheless, a profession felony instructed The Occasions that rollovers have grow to be a well-liked tactic specifcially due to the comparable lack of safety whereas deliveries are in movement. Police have suggested that firms bolster safety, or range their routes.

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It appears unlikely that that is the only real tactic resulting in lacking PS5s within the UK – many consoles have been “delivered”, just for recipients to seek out unrelated gadgets within the bins, and gangs stealing from transferring vans are in all probability not changing the bins they steal.

It is a part of a wider image of issues which have made PS5s laborious to seek out at retail worth, from pre-order and launch day issues, to scalping organisations using bots, in addition to theft. It has been a widespread sufficient subject that even Saturday Night Live has covered it. In some higher information, these within the UK who’ve had their PS5s mysteriously changed are seemingly receiving units from Amazon’s next batch of stock.

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