Moped raiders hit Apple

Crime: Thief with hammer threatens security guard at flagship store

A security guard was threatened with a hammer as 10 thieves smashed into Apple’s Regent Street store before making off on mopeds with iPhones, iPads and watches.

At least three scooters waited on the pavement as people wearing helmets shuttled in and out during the early morning raid in London, video posted online shows.

Miah Mohammad Sheful, 28, who shot the 44-second clip as he waited for a bus, said it took the suspects several attempts to break in the door of the tech giant’s flagship store.

Passing cars started beeping their horns to prevent the burglary as they realised what was unfolding, the digital marketer said, but within seconds the mopeds had fled.

The Metropolitan Police said they were called at 12.45am on Monday to reports of an aggravated burglary. Around three minutes earlier, 10 suspects on five mopeds reportedly smashed their way into the store and took Apple products. One of the raiders threatened with a hammer a security guard who tried to stop them.

The suspects, described as wearing dark clothing,

“Passing cars beeped their horns to prevent the burglary”

are said to have made off northbound along Regent Street.

The man who threatened the guard was described as black.

The raid comes one month after a gang of thieves riding mopeds attacked a high-end jeweller’s in the same street.

Three suspects are believed to have smashed display cabinets to escape with a high-value haul.

LONDON: Apple’s Regent Street store was targeted yesterday by thieves who took iPhones, iPads and watches