Robbers raid Samsung plant, cart away many valuables
A Samsung plant in South-Eastern Brazil was raided by 20 armed robbers on Monday,carting away 40,000 smartphones, laptops, tablets and other electronics worth $36 million that were loaded in seven trucks.
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According to a local police spokesperson, the thieves arrived after midnight at the plant in Campinas, a city near Sao Paulo, taking guards and over 200 employees hostage. Witnesses also told the G1 news website that the robbers, who had staff ID badges, were not aggressive. They ordered everyone to remove their phones’ batteries to prevent them from making calls. They stayed at the plant for three hours and knew exactly where the most valuable merchandise was located, witnesses said.
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Samsung, confirming the sad event, said in a statement that nobody was injured and that the South Korea-based company is still investigating the incident. It would be recalled that just recently, Apple, the tech giant, accused Samsung of infringing 5 patents that covered various functions one of which being “slide to unlock” feature, suing Samsung for $2.2bn.
Source: Legit.ng
