A group of thieves ransacked an Amazon delivery van as the driver watched, stunned, as his packages were taken away in broad daylight. in another attack in Atlanta.
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While the driver was delivering a package to Country Oaks Apartments in the Fairbun Mays neighborhood Sunday afternoon, he left his vehicle running unattended.
According to the police report, at least four men rushed into the truck to steal several packages inside.
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Video captured from a nearby home shows the thieves jumping from the front of the van and running to the back where the door was already open.
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We see them get back into the Amazon vehicle and fill their arms with packages.
The video camera then panned to the driver, in the middle of his delivery trip, who abruptly stopped walking and watched as his truck was wrecked.
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A few bandits even slipped and fell to the ground, before quickly getting back up, in a hurry to proceed with the crime, but there was no one to stop them.
According to the New York Post, investigators are still working to determine the identity of the suspects and the circumstances of the robbery. At this stage, the stolen items are not yet known.
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Serial robberies
The Amazon heist came hours after a mob of motorists blocked a FedEx tractor-trailer to steal sealed packages in Memphis on Saturday.
Three men were arrested for their part in the looting after they were stopped by a security guard at an apartment complex with several packages in their car.
Another recent attack on delivery workers saw a UPS driver from Maryland become the victim of an armed robbery in broad daylight in Maryland.
In footage shot last Thursday in Prince George’s County, a group of thieves surrounded the driver before taking off in the company’s large brown truck.
