Thieves steal £450,000 worth of iPhones from moving truck

Reports says the five suspects could also be linked to 17 other high-speed robberies

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Five Romanian men have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of stealing £450,000 worth of iPhones from a moving lorry.

The men "allegedly stole the iPhones in a late-night raid a week ago by driving a modified van so close to the delivery truck that one of the suspects was able to clamber across", ABC News says.

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