Professional theft without fingerprints.. they looted the “Apple” store through a hole in a nearby bathroom

The city of “Seattle” police in the US capital, Washington, stated that thieves stole ” iPhone ” phones that were displayed on an entire wall, in an ” Apple ” store outside Seattle, after they punched a hole in the bathroom wall of a nearby store, causing the store material loss. big. 

The American Business Insider website reported on Saturday, April 8, 2023, that the thieves escaped with equipment from the “Apple” company amounting to more than $ 500,000, and the police said that among the stolen 436 phones, in addition to Apple watches, and other things. 

According to local police, the thieves entered the store after it was closed on the night of April 2, 2023, by breaching the bathroom wall of a nearby store called Seattle Coffee Gear. 

“Our front door was locked, but they breached it,” said Eric Marks, regional manager of Seattle Coffee Gear, who added that the burglars punched a 24-by-18-inch hole in the wall to get into the back room of the Apple Store.

Marks noted that “I had no evidence that we were very close or near them,” according to the US site, which added that Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the theft. 

In turn, Linwood Police said, yesterday, Friday, April 7, 2023, that no arrests were made, and no fingerprints were found, and the police said that the operation appeared to be well organized, and that the alleged thieves were masked.

The hole through which thieves entered Apple’s headquarters – communication sites

The American “CNN” network quoted Linwood police as saying that the matter happened after seven o’clock, and Apple employees were not aware of the massive scale of this theft until the next morning.

For its part, Brookfield Properties – the company that operates the mall – said that this was an isolated incident and claims to have a strong security program, while the police confirmed that the robbery appeared to be a well-organized operation based on what they saw from the surveillance video, according to “CNN”. that”.