Philip Elmer-DeWitt 8:14 a.m. CST, November 17, 2012
A gang of thieves Monday night made off with 3,600 Pad minis that had just arrived at JFK Airport from China.
According to Thursday's?New York Post, the gang struck shortly before midnight, using one of the airport's own forklifts to load two pallets containing 1,800 tablets each onto a tractor trailer. They might have made off with three more pallets had they not been interrupted by an airport worker.
The?Post?put the value of the haul at $1.5 million -- $417 per mini -- although fences don't usually pay full price for stolen Apple (AAPL) products.
Investigators suspect an inside job. Operating on the theory that someone with security clearance let the thieves in and out, they have already subjected three airport workers to polygraph tests.
The?Post?notes that Cargo Building 261, where the iPads were stored, was the site 24 years earlier of the $5 million "Lufthansa" heist recreated in Martin Scorcese's?Goodfellas
As of this writing, the thieves were still at large.bubba watson recent earthquakes fbi most wanted list stuttering james van der beek dyngus day indonesia quake
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