Thieves Steal $1M in Ford F-150 Raptor Pickups Straight From Plant
In a scene straight out of Fast & Furious, the thieves broke in and smashed through a fence to escape.
Over the past couple of years, automotive theft has increased at a rapid rate, and we aren’t just talking about the ones that occur in driveways and garages. Rather, thieves are going straight to the source – automotive manufacturing plants and holding yards – and making off with pricey performance vehicles before they’re even shipped to dealers. This happened recently with a handful of Ford Mustang Shelby GT500s at Ford’s Flat Rock Plant, and now it has happened again after thieves made off with a bunch of Ford F-150 Raptor pickups worth a cool $1 million, according to the Detroit Free Press.
In what sounds like something out of a Fast & Furious movie, this group of thieves apparently broke into a storage lot at the Dearborn Truck Plant, gained access to a whole bunch of Ford F-150 Raptor pickups, and simply drove through the fence on their way out. “There was evidence of fences being rammed,” said City of Dearborn spokesperson Bilal Baydoun. “When they (trucks) were recovered, you could see signs of damage and some things were stripped away, tires, that kind of thing. They were in various states of disrepair.”
In total, police have recovered 13 pickups nearby, and didn’t indicate how many were stolen in total, but there are obviously still quite a few more missing. Additionally, one person has been arrested, but this is very much an active case after it just happened roughly one week ago. Ford has been cooperating with police in the process, as one might expect, though it isn’t immediately clear how many trucks were ultimately stolen.
On the flip side, this has to be some seriously disappointing news for a whole bunch of folks waiting to take delivery of their new F-150 Raptor. As if the chip shortage and other supply chain issues haven’t made the process of ordering a vehicle painful enough, now, it seems as if some folks will be waiting even longer.
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