Police are searching for clues after an elaborate Kamloops Mac heist straight out of a Hollywood script.
Regan Hayes, manager of Simply Computing in Sahali Centre Mall, said store staff arrived to work Saturday to a burgled store.
“They showed up after 9 o’clock and they saw, in a storage room, a bunch of debris,” he said.
“Then they noticed a bunch of computers and iPads were missing off the shelves.”
Hayes said no alarm was sounded because of how the thieves broke in — through the mall’s concrete ceiling.
He said the crooks climbed onto the mall’s roof sometime overnight, where they were able to get into an empty second-storey office through a window. Once inside, he said, they drilled through the concrete floor and then into the drywall of Simply Computing’s ceiling.
“It’s Oceans 11 stuff,” Hayes said.
“They dropped in through the ceiling and took all of our laptops and all of our iPads.”
The value of the stolen items is estimated to be between $50,000 and $100,000.
In all, 51 iPads and 38 computers were stolen.
Hayes said Apple’s high-tech security and tracking software might come in handy for police when it comes to catching those responsible.
“If someone sells these things, they can work it back and trace it to them,” he said.
Hayes said the thieves did not gain access to the secure room where Simply Computing keeps its customers’ computers while they undergo repairs.
“Nobody’s personal information was accessed,” he said.
The RCMP investigation into the burglary is ongoing.
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