Romanian burglars steal €28,500 in tech devices from large Budapest store – VIDEO

During the early hours of October 1, perpetrators have broke into one of the largest electronic stores and showroom in Budapest and have stolen a substantial amount of mobile phones and laptops.

According to Police.hu, the group of perpetrators have committed burglary during the early hours of Saturday and have managed to steal electronic devices with a total

value worth of 10 million forints (€ 28,500) within just one and a half minutes. These included mobile phones, laptops and tablet, the police reported.

The burglars broke into the store by kicking down the closed entrance doors and while wearing a mask they then proceeded to go into the store one after the other in a fashion that seems to have been well premediated before.

You can also see the footage of the security cameras as the group systematically breaks the sliding doors and immediately go for the area where these devices are displayed.

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They must have been at the store before and planned around to target this area specifically. It was ideal for the thieves as it was close to the entrance, the devices were small and some phones that was displayed there were flagship phones, which have a very high price.

Thanks to the cooperation to the police forces in Hungary, the thieves were caught at the Csanádpalota-Nagylak border control with the help of the Romanian authorities, the official site says.

When the authorities stopped them they had found a large amount of mobile phones some with the safety cords and alarms still attached to the devices.

According to Index, the Budapest Police Headquarters have initiated proceedings against five Romanian citizens on the basis of a well-founded suspicion of committing theft.

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Source: police.hu, index.hu