Robbers hi-jack truck carrying Samsung devices and parts in India
Although it sounds like something out of a movie, the robbery that took place in India on April 1st was no joke. The plan was to steal a truck transporting Samsung’s latest flagships, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones and drive off into the night, but it seems that not everything went to plan for the robbers and their accomplices.
Although the robbers believed the truck would be carrying the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge handsets, instead it was transporting around four million dollars worth of machine tools, circuit boards and other Samsung devices from the Indira Gandhi airport to Noida. When the truck arrived in Sarita Vihar (South Delhi) the robbers intervened, taking control of the truck, beating up the driver and his assistant and holding them at knife-point before scarpering off with the truck. In an effort to disappear the robbers had disabled the trucks GPS tracker. The Driver and assistant were able to raise the alarm thanks to another truck arriving soon after.
As with many incidents of this nature, the police would naturally suspect that it was an inside job before widening their search, and in this case they were correct. It was an inside job that ended up with 4 people that included one current and one ex-employee of the transport company being held for questioning. The truck and its contents have not yet been found although the police are conducting further investigations.
Come comment on this article: Robbers hi-jack truck carrying Samsung devices and parts in India
AIVAnet 