On 4/20/2016 8:37 PM, David Jaques-Watson wrote:
> Dear Folks -
>
> Bruce wrote:
>> I'd expect most (successful) RL truck hijacking occurs in the port;
> workers just put the container on the 'wrong' truck, wittingly or
> unwittingly.
>
> Years ago I worked with a guy who had previously been working for Customs,
> and that's just one example of what happens. Containers simply disappeared,
> on one notable occasion while they had one under surveillance. Target
> container (presumed to contain contraband) was lowered onto the ground,
> being watched  (from a nearby slope) by Customs officers. A second container
> was brought over and placed in front of it. No biggy, the top of the target
> container could still be seen. Then a third container was placed on the
> second one - target was now out of sight. The Customs officers immediately
> swooped in, but by the time they got there (about 2 to 3 mins or so), the
> target container was GONE. They searched through the port, but it was never
> seen again.
>
> That sort of event is on an organised crime scale.

*whistles*  Or a heist movie.

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