Foreign gangs fly in to steal iPhones.

space_man · 16-03-2013 02:30AM #1

CRIMINAL gangs are flying into Dublin for weekend iPhone theft sprees which can net thousands of euro.
One professional pick pocket was nabbed with nine stolen phones from one nightclub alone.
Gardai have now launched a major operation against the marauding foreign gangs, mainly consisting of young smartly dressed men and women from Romania and Bulgaria.
Last Friday night, one criminal – who had just flown into Dublin – was found with nine stolen iPhones as he left a prominent city centre nightclub.
The suspect in his 20s – a Romanian national – was arrested as he walked on Wexford Street by officers just seconds after he had left the nightclub last weekend.
He had stolen the smart-phones in a "methodical fashion" from unsuspecting punters who were enjoying a night out in the club.
Senior sources say that this incident is just one example of the epidemic of thefts by foreign gangs that is gripping the capital.

Read more ....
http://www.herald.ie/news/gangs-flying-in-to-steal-iphones-29130404.html

orestes · 16-03-2013 02:34AM

Great, now every nutter in the country is going to think they've been proven right about the whole roma gypsy/Romanian distinction.

Not that it really mattered to them anyway, but still.

.jacksparrow. · 16-03-2013 02:36AM

People still believe what the herald prints....why.

uch · 16-03-2013 02:37AM

Serves them right for having iPhones

Doom · 16-03-2013 02:38AM

Amateur.....:cool:

Vito Corleone · 16-03-2013 02:41AM

From the thread title I got an image of half human half dragon gangsters flying down and swooping iPhones out of people's hands. I am disappoint.

Chuck Stone · 16-03-2013 02:43AM

The Romanians just haven't been the same since the fall of the Roman empire.

WoollyRedHat · 16-03-2013 02:44AM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

From the thread title I got an image of half human half dragon gangsters flying down and swooping iPhones out of people's hands. I am disappoint.

"Dragons are terrorizing the city, and posting pictures of themselves on Instagram".

ejmaztec · 16-03-2013 02:46AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

The Romanians just haven't been the same since the fall of the Roman empire.

Feckin Polanski.

grizzly · 16-03-2013 02:49AM

Let's close the airports until we sort this mess out. Or the nightclubs. Or the Herald.

VEN · 16-03-2013 02:49AM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

People still believe what the herald prints....why.

i believe they can fly, thats why

The Backwards Man · 16-03-2013 03:01AM

Professional pickpocket?

As opposed to what? Someone who does it for the glory, not the money?

B.A._Baracus · 16-03-2013 03:10AM

The famous expression "Where there is money to be made..." - So no wonder pickpockets are willing to travel.

Now look, it's wrong to tell people how to live their lives. But at the same time you have to realise that pulling out a €600 euro phone in a busy nightclub is going to get the wrong sort of attention. Simple precautions can stop these scumbags from stealing your phone.

anncoates · 16-03-2013 03:15AM

De turk our fones

ColeTrain · 16-03-2013 03:19AM

Thank fu$k I have an Android :cool:

anncoates · 16-03-2013 03:24AM

ColeTrain wrote: »

Thank fu$k I have an Android :cool:

The Herald journalists probably just call every smartphone an iPhone.

It's hardly like this fabled Eat European Fagin gang fly over to Dublin to nick phones and blithely ignore hundreds of Galaxy Note 2s, SG3s, HTC One Xs and Experia Zs lying around in the nightclub.

ColeTrain · 16-03-2013 03:35AM

anncoates wrote: »

The Herald journalists probably just call every smartphone an iPhone.

It's hardly like this fabled Eat European Fagin gang fly over to Dublin to nick phones and blithely ignore hundreds of Galaxy Note 2s, SG3s, HTC One Xs and Experia Zs lying around in the nightclub.

I believe the story mate, they're just coming for the Iphones. They're probably not bothered about cash or gold either.

mikemac1 · 16-03-2013 09:30AM

No need for gold, they have plenty of gold teeth

IM0 · 16-03-2013 09:36AM

grizzly wrote: »

Let's close the airports until we sort this mess out. Or the nightclubs. Or the Herald.

or just romanians?

md23040 · 16-03-2013 09:37AM

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/secrets-of-the-pickpockets/4od

The above Channel 4 documentary shows how gangs from CEE and South America are targetting cities throughout Europe and moving where the bsuiness takes them - the tour consists mainly of London, Barcelona and Rome and it's just a natural progression to add Dublin into the mix with loads of pissed up people with valuables worth taking.

This documentary is pretty good to help you in being safer from these parasities and seeing how easy thefts can occur.

HondaSami · 16-03-2013 09:58AM

orestes wrote: »

Great, now every nutter in the country is going to think they've been proven right about the whole roma gypsy/Romanian distinction.

Not that it really mattered to them anyway, but still.

Majority of them are a menace to society, they give nothing to this country but they take a lot from it.
It's pointless for anyone saying it's not true etc, we all know what they are like.

Cienciano · 16-03-2013 10:00AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

The Romanians just haven't been the same since the fall of the Roman empire.

What have the Romas ever done for us?

16-03-2013 11:55AM

I misread the thread title as:
'Foreign Gangs Fly In To Steal Pigeons',
..... I am disappoint.

weisses · 16-03-2013 12:19PM

I blame MOL

flights are to cheap

16-03-2013 12:20PM

If you have a nice and expensive phone, then it's a bit silly to take it with you on a night out. Buy a cheap-ass one from somewhere, pop your SIM into it and leave your proper one at home.

Need A User Name · 16-03-2013 12:25PM

Cienciano wrote: »

What have the Romas ever done for us?

I had some great burgers and chips in Cafe Roma's around the Country.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 16-03-2013 01:37PM

Gardai have been forced to launch major operations against the foreign gangs who are made up of young smartly dressed Romanians and Bulgarians.

A good doorman will be on the ball and stop them in their tracks, I won't let them next to or near a door I'm working.

But you can be caught out, however the give away is usually two or three people reporting phones/valuable stolen in quick successio. Then you've to scan the premises for the usual suspects, I'd say this is how this guy was caught.

They're quick whores and will often use fire exits as escape routes rather than risk being caught at the front door.

To be honest they're a scourge on any club.