£120,000 nicked in 'PS3' robbery

December 17th, 2007, 18:28 Posted By: Shrygue

via Computer and Video Games


A lorry containing £120,000 worth of Laptops and PS3s has been hijacked and stolen in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

The hijacking took place on Friday afternoon, said police, on Lylehill Road in Templepatrick. So if you live around there, look out for a shifty bloke in the pub hiding PS3s underneath his trench coat.

A white HGV lorry was driving along the road when a white van pulled out, forcing the driver to stop. Two men, one armed with a knife, got out of the van and forced the driver into their vehicle. He was later found unharmed but sans-PS3s.

More than 140 laptops and only 18 PS3s were nicked in the robbery, but as people who carried a console on the tube this morning we're well aware that more PS3s than that would've taken the axels off their van.

It's a tame heist compared to the £1 million worth of Xbox 360s that got hijacked last year, though as you might be aware those are much easier to carry than 6KG PlayStation 3s.

The lorry involved in the PS3 heist, registration number MV0 2XSD, has not yet been recovered. Look out for it at the boot sale.

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