A lorry full of PS3 games gets nabbed by police becuase it has false number plates - why the false number plates? had the games already been stolen once? what of the original driver?
Someone has broken in to the police car pound, known which truck has the high value cargo, ram raided their way out, got away with enouth time to empty the truck of it's palettes of games and then hide them before the police found the truck?
Either this is a well connected criminal gang or we have someone on their way to becoming a supervillan! We now need a superhero to step up and restore balance!
I reckon the Plod will be deploying massed playings of the game, nobbling the screen villains and adding the score to make their crime statistics jump straight to Wonderful Plus
I reckon the plods thought all these new titles comeon lads lets give it a go, so they opened the van in such a rush to try it left the keys in egnition and station gates open :)
13 hours later they walked out and the lorry was gone
@ Anonymous Coward • Monday 29th September 2008 15:22 GMT
Not reported is that there were also 10 pallets of the 360 versions of the games. The police are not looking for these as the thieves broke back into the secure lockup and returned them a few hours later.
(in reference to Only Fools and Horse and the broken lawnmower engines.)
A lot of plod car compounds are not actually at the nick , often they are on a nearby Industrial estate that at night is probably plod free. So not too much of a problem to re-purloin your plod purloined goodies!
When I read this story for the first time, it was stated that it was only copies on Brothers In Arms that were loaded onto the truck. Once The Sun gets it's hands on the story, now there's copies of GTAIV in there too, is there? The Sun wouldn't have made up that detail in order to imply the behaviour of the thieves was motivated by playing this game, would they? Nah, The Sun don't make up facts...
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Game stash truck lifted from cops' lorry lock-up
Anonymous Coward
Police insurance claim. #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 15:42 GMT
Hope they got a crime ref number. Someone should be around in a couple of days to have a look at it...
b
"if you don't stop, i'll be VERY mad!" #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 15:42 GMT
i got him in my sights!
;)
Anonymous Coward
Atten: James Sherwood #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 15:42 GMT
Any reason why the picture in the article shows the 360 version of GTA IV, when clearly this is about the PS3 version?
The 360 discs were in the other lorry, they opened it, realised they got the wrong lorry, and left those by the side of the road...
It'sa Mea... Mario
This is one of those stories... #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 15:42 GMT
..that deserves much fuller coverage.
A lorry full of PS3 games gets nabbed by police becuase it has false number plates - why the false number plates? had the games already been stolen once? what of the original driver?
Someone has broken in to the police car pound, known which truck has the high value cargo, ram raided their way out, got away with enouth time to empty the truck of it's palettes of games and then hide them before the police found the truck?
Either this is a well connected criminal gang or we have someone on their way to becoming a supervillan! We now need a superhero to step up and restore balance!
Fluffykins
Nah! #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 15:55 GMT
I reckon the Plod will be deploying massed playings of the game, nobbling the screen villains and adding the score to make their crime statistics jump straight to Wonderful Plus
Anonymous Coward
plod were busy clocking the games #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 17:45 GMT
I reckon the plods thought all these new titles comeon lads lets give it a go, so they opened the van in such a rush to try it left the keys in egnition and station gates open :)
13 hours later they walked out and the lorry was gone
ahhh the joys of gaming
Anonymous Coward
360 versions #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 17:45 GMT
@ Anonymous Coward • Monday 29th September 2008 15:22 GMT
Not reported is that there were also 10 pallets of the 360 versions of the games. The police are not looking for these as the thieves broke back into the secure lockup and returned them a few hours later.
(in reference to Only Fools and Horse and the broken lawnmower engines.)
ooFie
Wouldnt suprise me.. #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 17:45 GMT
If there are some plods out there with some 'new' PS3 - wondering what the hell these other disks are as they arent movies.
*\. Looking in the police jacket for the lock-up keys.
Chris G
Not necessarily nicked from the nick #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 20:18 GMT
A lot of plod car compounds are not actually at the nick , often they are on a nearby Industrial estate that at night is probably plod free. So not too much of a problem to re-purloin your plod purloined goodies!
kain preacher
Inside job #
Posted Monday 29th September 2008 20:18 GMT
WHy does this have the feel of an inside job ?? Was any thing else taken??
Kenny Swan
Interesting change... #
Posted Tuesday 30th September 2008 00:26 GMT
When I read this story for the first time, it was stated that it was only copies on Brothers In Arms that were loaded onto the truck. Once The Sun gets it's hands on the story, now there's copies of GTAIV in there too, is there? The Sun wouldn't have made up that detail in order to imply the behaviour of the thieves was motivated by playing this game, would they? Nah, The Sun don't make up facts...
Paul
Is it just me? #
Posted Tuesday 30th September 2008 00:26 GMT
Or does this sound like exactly like the kind of job you'd be called on to do in GTA?
Anonymous Coward
Well they have to have #
Posted Tuesday 30th September 2008 00:26 GMT
something to play with in the canteen when they are listening to copyrighted music played on their pa system without paying a fee, it is only fair.
Ed
@Paul #
Posted Tuesday 30th September 2008 10:51 GMT
I think rockstar will put it in GTA V once they hear of it... LOL