Villains swipe hundreds of iPhone X units from UPS delivery van

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Villains swipe hundreds of iPhone X units from UPS delivery van

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Here’s one way to get your hands on the world’s hottest smartphone without the need to wait in long Apple Store lines. No pre-ordering required, either. The only annoyance here is that you risk going to prison—but hey, at least you scored the latest iPhone model.

That’s the gamble a group of hooded thieves took this week. They broke into a UPS delivery van and stole more than 300 iPhone X units that were headed to an Apple Store in San Francisco. No one was injured in the heist, as the van was locked and parked unattended in a loading dock at the Stonestown Mall in San Francisco.

“It appears the suspects knew what they were looking for,” San Francisco police Captain Rick Yick told a local CBS news affiliate. “It appears that it was planned.”

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Police: “It appears the suspects knew what they were looking for.”

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