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Ladies and gentlemen, presenting Her Majesty's finest! British police recovered £600,000 of stolen PlayStation 3 games from a lorry in Leeds, only to lose the entire haul again overnight.

Seven pallets of PS3 games were stolen, including 16,000 copies of Brothers in Arms. The lorry and the swag was held in a police depot, where criminals broke in, stole the goods, and made clean their getaway. Easy come, easy go?

"We are pursuing a number of lines of enquiry, including eBay transactions where a number of the games have been potentially identified as being advertised for sale," stated a police rep. "Arrests have already been made in respect of this,"

In other news, 16,000 copies of Infinite Undiscovery were also stolen. The games were quickly returned and the robbers handed themselves in.








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Segasonicdude's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 13:27
Segasonicdude
Hahahaha the last paragraph were the best part
Segasonicdude's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 13:27
Segasonicdude
Woah....1st?
Blind assassin's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 13:30
Blind assassin
They broke into a police station to steal stolen goods? They've got some huge balls to do that. Especially for something that isn't drugs or weapons.
TUoAnonymous's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 13:46
TUoAnonymous
Yeah, I agree with Blind Assassin (Who was clearly omitted from the raid due to a handicap of sorts), it does seem really ballsy.

Although to be honest, the police depot in my town can just be walked into, even still...
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 13:46
Batthink
Make sure you guard those statches next time, constables. Next time, I'll be drugs, and people will end up addicted to them rather than games. >:O(
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 13:47
Batthink
I'll = It'll or IT WILL...bugger, bugger, BUGGER!
jrwolv's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 15:04
jrwolv
That is the definition of epic fail.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 15:09
MechaMonkey
Now that is hardcore gaming.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 15:52
Syn
Nah, the cops themselves divided the games among each other, they're just blaming "criminals".
Furyfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 16:36
Furyfire
...come on IU wasnt THAT bad. :P

As for the cops.. lawl.
Sherlock's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 16:43
Sherlock
Brilliant. Knowing that cops like them roam the streets makes me feel infinitely safer.
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2008 20:24
Cube
Only british cops would be that dumb.






look his guy he is the model for law and order!

HE is Just like those cops on that Brit TV show on that strange BBC cable channel what he called Mr.bean?
coffeesash's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2008 02:37
coffeesash
This coming from someone that can't use proper grammar.
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