Heist near Washington’s SeaTac airport this week included hardware worth around $2.1 million; police have no leads yet.
In a warehouse heist this weekend near Washington’s SeaTac airport, thieves stole 7,000 Wii U consoles, estimated at a value of $2.1 million.
According to West, the bandits drove two diesel trucks into Nintendo’s distribution bay at Seattle Air Cargo. Once inside, the thieves lifted the Wii U units with forklifts onto 53-foot semi trailers waiting outside. This took place during a storm.
Workers noticed the missing inventory Sunday, in addition to the vanished trucks. Police do not have any leads at this moment, and it is not clear how many were involved in the heist.
“If we don’t get any tips ahead of time, it will be the selling of these consoles that will lead to their capture,” West said. “It’s gonna be pretty hard to hide 7,000 Wii game consoles.”
ABC News reported the stolen consoles as original Wii systems, but Kotaku confirmed with the King County Sheriff’s Office that the units were in fact Wii U consoles. With an average hardware price of $300, the thieves made off with about $2.1 million worth of hardware.
Source: ABC News/Gamespot
Chuck Dudley
Associate Gaming Editor @ GameOn|ioTechie.com
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