Thieves Enter Building Supply Company through the Roof

Power tool theft isn’t just a US problem, it occurs all around the world. Take this story out of the UK for example. A gang of very sophisticated thieves stole £14,000 worth of power tools by entering a building supply company through the roof.

DaventryToday.co.uk reports that “Branch manager Simon Bullock said: ‘It was clearly well organized, well planned and well executed. They even smashed the CCTV cameras on our building so we only have hazy, distant shots of their getaway vehicle.’” The article goes on to state that, “TBS has a sophisticated alarm system installed, but the gang got around it by never touching the ground.”

http://www.daventrytoday.co.uk/news/Gang-breaks-in-through-roof.5527210.jp

Were they Ninjas? Pretty unbelievable. I’m surprised they didn’t steal more. The article suggests there were probably 4 thieves, so that’s £3,500 a piece. And then add up the ebay fees to resell the stuff which is roughly 6% or £210 and the cost of cool ninja costumes and the take is probably around £3,000 a piece. You would think these sophisticated thieves would go for more lucrative targets. Maybe this was just a training run.