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Truck containing 1,300 Xbox 360's stolen in Canada photo

We've heard stories of game-related robberies before, but this one is pretty impressive if you ask me (and by impressive, I mean f*cked up). Last week in Southern Ontario, Canada in a small city called Mississauga, a guy (or a few guys) decided they'd like to have some Xbox 360's -- a lot of them, in fact. Around 4:00 in the morning, a truck containing roughly 1,300 of the consoles was stolen from a trailer yard.

The police reported that for or five suspects wearing black took the 16-metre 2007 Air-Ride trailer. In case you spot something similar on the road while you're on your way to pick up your daily Egg McMuffin, the Ontario licence plate is C11-47X and trailer identification number 55334.

The security guard on duty was found bound and stuck under a nearby trailer. We're pretty sure he's been fired by now.

[The Star, Via Kotaku]


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Doos's Avatar
Doos at 07/01/2009 10:43
I'll be keeping my eyes on the local Kijiji! (For sales, not crime fighting)
Elsa's Avatar
Elsa at 07/01/2009 10:43
LOL! I'm Canadian... and you have to admit that it was a rather stylish robbery!... hey, and no one got shot unlike a lot of those "American" console robberies! :)
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Chronic Logic at 07/01/2009 10:46
They're going to return it later when it RRODs, no need to worry.

I'm sure Micro$oft has unleashed their corporate assassins to track down the Canucks and exact vengeance upon them, nobody steals money from M$ and lives! That "$" in M$ isn't there for show you know!
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starsneverpass at 07/01/2009 10:52
haha, I'm sure the shipping manifesto has all the serial numbers for the whole shipment, so if any of those systems hits xbl, ban-hammer.

Would suck for the all the fools who would no doubt buy a cheaper system from the back of some Canadians snow mobile
Tha Meat's Avatar
Tha Meat at 07/01/2009 10:52
Isn't Mississauga that craptastic suburb of Toronto?
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teach4food at 07/01/2009 10:53
Happy Canada Day! LOL
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 07/01/2009 10:53
They are attempting to build a genuine Gundam XBot!
MrTowel's Avatar
MrTowel at 07/01/2009 10:57
Phhh, everyone knows that truck stealing is one of our most important Canada Day traditions.
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Looptron at 07/01/2009 11:02
@Monodi You'd think they'd need CELL processors for that though
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Mashed Buttons at 07/01/2009 11:06
Sauga is not a 'small town'... it's part of the Greater TOronto Area... so it's kinda like a suburb... but actually attached to the city.

Also...why would the security guard be fired?
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BlackSymbiote at 07/01/2009 11:08
Hahaha, I live in Mississauga! Never thought I'd see it mentioned on Destructoid... especially not like this! lol
ShuperShawn's Avatar
ShuperShawn at 07/01/2009 11:10
That's us crafty Canadians for ya.
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Speedman at 07/01/2009 11:10
This is great... haha, well not great, but great, I mean cmon you gotta hand it to these guys pulling off something like this, it seems as if no one has seen them, my hats off if they can pull it off and not get caught :P
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GoldenGamerXero at 07/01/2009 11:19
Mircosoft doesn't care they just want to use it as an acuse to raise prices on current Xboxs. "We've taken a HUGE loss and 100000000! XBOXES HAVE BEEN STOLEN!"
Havoc Fang's Avatar
Havoc Fang at 07/01/2009 11:24
In other news, Used Game Console sales are up.
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Caffeine Knight at 07/01/2009 11:26
Quite a good job. Modern day robin hoods I would say. Robin hoods that probably robbed the truck because they have to stick needles in their arms every day and ran out of furniture and goods to pawn.

Two xboxes pawned a week 6,500 weeks of drugs.
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Jaren Face at 07/01/2009 11:38
Mississauga is the 6th largest city in Canada. Sorry, the whole hometown pride sort of just kicked in right now.

But yeah, I totally agreed with BlackSymbiote. I never thought I'd see it mentioned on Dtoid, let alone for this. Though I haven't checked the local newspaper yet, I wonder if it's enough for frontpage.
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Holyetheline at 07/01/2009 11:47
That security guard sounds like a joke. This is a nice STEAL for those fuckers.
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Jack8274 at 07/01/2009 11:54
They would never pull that shit in Oakville, the town next to this. I have b
Black Nexus's Avatar
Black Nexus at 07/01/2009 11:54
Arcade or pro units?
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ikiryou at 07/01/2009 12:04
Alpha Flight is currently en route to their location to retrieve the missing payload. Please stand by...
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ChronosWing at 07/01/2009 12:34
The security guard would not be fired, just saying. There job is to observe and report, not prevent crimes.
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able_to_think at 07/01/2009 12:42
Congrats you just lost $520,000 worth of Xbox 360s you useless security guard.

That being said if it was five on one and all the five having guns I don't think even the best security guard would have been able to stop them from stealing the truck.
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K1NG J0RDAN at 07/01/2009 12:51
It seems like the robberies get bigger and bigger everytime! Before we know it, there will be reports of one of the warehouses getting cleaned out. classic
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Dexter345 at 07/01/2009 12:53
Sweet, so they'll have like, at least four that won't red ring.
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Billy Monks at 07/01/2009 12:58
Why would the security guard be fired? Was he expected to fight 5 armed men?
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wanderingpixel at 07/01/2009 13:43
Jokes on them! Every one of those 360's has the red ring of death.
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GunSlap at 07/01/2009 13:59
Happy Canada Day everyone!
Oni's Avatar
Oni at 07/01/2009 14:10
Gunna start checking Kijiji and Craigslist in the coming weeks . . .

. . . Just sayin' what we're all thinkin'.
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ration at 07/01/2009 15:48
hmmmmmm.... maybe this has something to do with Destructoid's new contest...
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 07/01/2009 15:48
Damn Detox, that's quite possibly the unfunniest thing I've ever read here.

Also M$
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bastardmaster at 07/01/2009 16:25
they're almost like little robin hoods. all 16 puns there intended.
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benus at 07/01/2009 17:58
1300 xbox... how could they resale 1300 xbox? everybody already got an xbox by now... and it's the cheapest off the markett. i'm sure you can resale half price ps3 in the us cause nobody got them and they are so expensive but 1300 xbox!

i guess they just really like the truck.
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peachboy at 07/02/2009 00:50
let me help all you saugians out:
mississauga is the stank hole that is unfortunately located adjacent to toronto. with the help of it's ugly sister scarborough, it ensures children will never smile in the city, ever.

also bastardmaster wins.
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doober187 at 07/02/2009 08:16
It's OK people, it's just an AirSoft Pistol!
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Uniquenamehere at 07/02/2009 13:57
Inside job for the win no way they randomly stole that truck and no way did they check all the trucks in the place wonder how much they paid the security guard.
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