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Apple truck hijacked in $9m heist in England

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An AirPower mat is seen charging multiple devices.
Camera IconAn AirPower mat is seen charging multiple devices. Credit: JOSH EDELSON/AFP

British police are hunting for thieves who made off with $9.1 million worth of Apple products after tying up a driver and security guard during a truck heist in central England on Tuesday.

The thieves targeted the truck on M1 motorway in Northamptonshire, tying up the driver and guard who they left behind, before they took the vehicle to a nearby industrial estate.

There they transferred the trailer onto another truck, and drove it to the town of Lutterworth where the 48 pallets of the Apple goods were loaded into a third vehicle.

Police said they wanted to speak to “anyone who may have been offered any Apple products for sale in unusual circumstances, or who knows of anyone who is selling such items at low-cost prices”.

Last year thieves targetted two Perth Apple stores in a single night, stealing more than $300,000 worth of iPhones.

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