Stolen
180 PS3 consoles stolen from freight forwarder's office
NAKA, Ibaraki -- A total of 180 PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles have been stolen from a local office of a freight forwarder, local police said.
At about 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday, an employee at the Ibaraki office of Meitetsu Golden Aircargo Co. reported to police that 180 PS3 consoles in its custody had been stolen.
The stolen consoles are among 1,560 units contained in 780 cardboard boxes that were to be shipped to retail stores in the Kanto region.
At around 1:30 p.m., an employee examined the consoles kept at its storage facility and found 180 of them, worth 9.5 million yen, had disappeared.
The popular PS3, which was placed on the market on Nov. 11, is in short supply. (Mainichi)
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December 6, 2006