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Grand Theft iPhone….Almost.

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A pair of truckers (and two accomplices) seemed to think it was a good idea at the time, to replace a shipment to Hong Kong with the empty, hastily replaced boxes of the iPhones they stole.

Located in NY, the duo of robbers took about $150,000 in iPhone loot, and sold about $80,000 of it on websites like Craigslist.

Hong Kong police ended up becoming suspicious when the packaging around the shipment was too shoddy to be unopened. “The shrink-wrap did not look like it was properly secured. … It looked tampered with,” said detective John Azzata.

After collecting their loot, the truckers apparently headed to Staples and purchased $100 of printer paper as part of their plan to rip off the shipment.

“They then removed the original factory shrink-wrap binding the cardboard cartons containing the cell phones and sliced holes in the bottom of the cartons, emptying the individual iPhone boxes,” said the cops.

“After filling the cartons with paper, they replaced the shrink-wrap and dropped off the pallet at the Cathay Pacific Airways hanger at JFK Airport for a flight to Hong Kong,” the cops continued.

In the end, a Hong Kong airline worker noticed the packaging and alerted police, whom promptly contacted police in Queens. Above is the mugshot of Emil Shamailov, one of the accomplices.

Thanks: NY Daily News

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