'Professional gang' invades Sigma warehouse, grabs plenty

We're beginning to wonder if someone isn't adding a little something to the water over in England, as a recent heist of Sigma Imaging's UK offices makes the country home to the second high-stakes consumer electronics robbery this month. The crooks, which were affectionately dubbed a "professional gang," reportedly broke into the offices and warehouse of Sigma UK in order to lift "a large quantity" of wares. So much so, in fact, that Sigma has warned that the incident could "temporarily disrupt supply to customers," but it failed to mention exactly what was stolen. Notably, the culprits must have momentarily forgotten that they were in the surveillance capital of the world, and now police are breaking down CCTV footage in order to garner more details.

[Yakamoto Sigmatomu @ Jun 21st 2007 6:32AM]

Gadgets might be showing up on ebay soon. Be careful who you buy from!

[Richard Lai @ Jun 21st 2007 9:39AM]

I wonder if the gang managed to grab a few of these babies too: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp

[Yakamoto Sigmatomu @ Jun 21st 2007 10:59AM]

Wow:) A lens that size should come with a free camera!

[Jacques Chiraq @ Jun 21st 2007 11:07AM]

To put the size of this thing in perspective, take a look at this photo!
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/13360/sigma_apo_200_500/

[Rainier @ Jun 21st 2007 12:17PM]

So that's how Engadget gets their hands on new tech toys to review. Whowuddathunk?

[elan @ Jun 21st 2007 12:27PM]

Smegma?