Thieves stormed into an Apple store in a mall in Washington and stole iPhones worth $500,000 or Rs14 crore.
As per a report from a Seattle-based local news agency, the daring heist was carried out at the Apple Alderwood store on Sunday, from a neighbouring business called Seattle Coffee Gear in order to avoid security system intrusion.
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According to the details provided by the police, a total of 436 iPhones with an estimated worth of $500,000 (Rs14.07 crore) were stolen from the outlet.
“Two men broke into one of our retail locations. Why? To cut a hole in our bathroom wall to access the Apple Store next door and steal $500k worth of iPhones,” the coffee appliance shop owner, Mike Atkinson, detailed in his tweet the following day.
Good morning Twitter fans! Yesterday was a weird day…
1. Two men broke into one of our retail locations. Why? To cut a hole in our bathroom wall to access the Apple Store next door and steal $500k worth of Iphones🙄
2. Later that night on the way to the grocery store my wife… pic.twitter.com/DcUld6ULEd
— Mike Atkinson (@coffeemikeatkin) April 4, 2023
Eric Marks, the regional retail manager of the coffee shop confirmed that their shop sells appliances to a very specific clientele and their store was used as a conduit to break into Apple.
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“I would have never suspected we were adjacent to the Apple Store, how it wraps around I mean. Someone really had to think it out and have access to the mall layout [to carry it out],” Marks mentioned adding that the burglars managed to cut through the shop’s hall, without hitting any pipe, indicating that the entire heist was planned with attention.
As per the Apple Alderwood spokesperson, they are working with the police to solve the targeted robbery.
