Armed criminals carried out a daylight robbery of the Apple store in Covent Garden in London’s West End. The thieves reportedly got away with stolen Macs, iPhone and iPads.
Grab-and-run raids on Apple stores aren’t unusual, but it’s very rare for the perpetrators to be armed. No one was injured in Sunday’s U.K. incident, though.
Armed robbers raid UK Apple store
Willie Sutton was once asked why he robbed banks. “Because that’s where the money is,” the infamous bank robber replied. And that’s why criminals target Apple stores: They are full of high-priced computers.
The latest example took place in Covent Garden in central London, where masked men “forced their way in” to a store, stole Apple devices on display and belongings from customers, then fled, according to the Daily Mail.
London -This is the moment a #gang of armed thieves raid an #Apple store in Covent Garden before fleeing the scene with thousands of pounds worth of tech products.#London pic.twitter.com/12wYoVIz6Y
— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) July 17, 2022
The London Metropolitan Police say, “Some of the group were reported to have been carrying weapons.”
Apple told the Daily Mail, “We are supporting the authorities with their investigation of the robbery in Covent Garden and are grateful for their quick response.”
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
