LEGO thieves are running around France and the authorities are rounding them up. Le Parisien had the report on the Polish group that was getting into toy stores and making off with as many bricks as they could get their hands on. Stores including PicWicToys, Maxi Toys, and La Grande RécréBack were targeted. On June 10, some employees at a Picwic Toys store were trying to steal boxes, and the security identified them as specialists instead of just regular workers. Complaints about similar heists allege that the thieves have stolen as much as 20,000 euros at a time. America, Canada, and Australia are also seeing stores targeted by similar rings. The publication mentions that in San Diego, a group of specialists actually got caught with $60,000 and 200,000 euros worth of product on them back in 2015. So, apparently, LEGO is a booming business and you could imagine that these schemes will only get more complex as time goes on.
NPR just reported there’s an international ring of toy thieves stealing Lego’s and I’ve never laughed harder at a headline
