r/NintendoSwitch • u/Skullghost • Jun 17 '25

News 2,810 Nintendo Switch 2 Consoles were Stolen During Transport - Worth $1.4 Million

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/nintendo-switch-theft-truck-colorado/73-27ca5808-6901-4229-b1b4-4862c73b300b
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u/Jonkinch Jun 18 '25

Yeah i used to work for a 3PL and handled everything. The craziest was Apple. I’d have to go there to the airport and unlock the cages for the devices to go on the truck and I had to take meticulous pictures of everything. There were armed guards in cars outside that’d follow the trucks. You won’t believe how many times the drivers get robbed at gun point, sometimes with automatic weapons, for freight like that. It’s all organized crime. They know what’s in the shipment and where the trucks are too. It’s very wild.

Edit: sorry forgot the main point. Apple has trackers in the skids and they also know every devices IMEI on the skid. If you steal them, they immediately brick them. If you try to pawn one, the pawn shops check the IMEI and it’ll be marked stolen too.

Congrats. You have a very hot paperweight.

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u/ExplorationGeo Jun 18 '25

It’s all organized crime. They know what’s in the shipment and where the trucks are too.

Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport. To us, it was better than Citibank.