Nearly $6 million in Vertu phones stolen from van

Stealing £3 million ($5.94 million) worth of mobile phones sure sounds like a risky way to may a buck, but if you're going to jack mobile handsets, you might as well swipe the ones that depreciate the least, eh? A crew of four men in Europe apparently agreed with that mantra, as they got up the nerve to run a Vertu van off the road with their Subaru and reportedly swiped a fair amount of handsets before darting off. There was no word on just how many phones were actually stolen, but we're sure the boys in blue found a fully stocked trunk after it located the crashed vehicle in Slough, Banks. Two of the four masked bandits were later captured and arrested for their part in the heist, but the other duo is probably trying to figure out how in the world they would unload hordes of these highly sought after mobiles without garnering suspicion in the first place.

[Via BGR]

[Jesse S @ Jun 4th 2007 1:50AM]

I don't get what makes Vertu phones so expensive anyway, are they solid platinum or something?

[Richard Downey @ Jun 4th 2007 4:19AM]

Slough is in Berkshire, or "Berks" for short, not Banks!

[AC @ Jun 4th 2007 7:12AM]

They come under the more money than taste/sense category. And if that's what floats your boat then fair enough, but i don't like feeling ripped off so they wouldn't be for me.

[drtekger @ Jun 4th 2007 2:03AM]

this was just the training for hitting the iphone trucks later on. I am prepping my old car too ^^

[Greg @ Jun 4th 2007 2:37AM]

"highly sought after"

Really? Those are some of the fugliest phones I've ever seen and don't have a very great feature set. Who really wants them?

[Pete Wailes @ Jun 8th 2007 12:15PM]

They have the greatest feature in the world - the gold button on the side.

[Alex Jacobs @ Jun 4th 2007 4:55AM]

2nd that.... idiots

[Teo @ Jun 4th 2007 9:21AM]

oh come on, cut them some slack. At least the op had some helpful information. Non-Brits would have no idea bout geographical british slang.

[fitinferno @ Jun 4th 2007 5:06AM]

So pretty much they stole like 3 phones...lol.

[3rdsun @ Jun 4th 2007 6:38AM]

They probably stole about 10

[crazy0206 @ Jun 4th 2007 5:17AM]

wow i saw that in person i feel really special. The funny thing is its right outside the Nokia building as well!

[Galen Troup @ Jun 4th 2007 8:00AM]

*a fair NUMBER of handsets

[Richard Downey @ Jun 4th 2007 10:21AM]

@Teo - exactly. That's why it's all the more important to educate them!