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Thrill seekers

Police in Romania have unveiled dramatic CCTV footage of criminals attempting to steal a load from a moving vehicle. The gang drove up behind a small truck in their car as it drove at high speed along a highway. One of the members of the gang clambered onto the front of the car and opened the rear door of the truck, before climbing inside. He then jumped out of the truck again, seemingly without having stolen anything and perhaps without having found what he was looking for. The gang have been involved in a
November 28, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Police in Romania have unveiled dramatic CCTV footage of criminals attempting to steal a load from a moving vehicle. The gang drove up behind a small truck in their car as it drove at high speed along a highway. One of the members of the gang clambered onto the front of the car and opened the rear door of the truck, before climbing inside. He then jumped out of the truck again, seemingly without having stolen anything and perhaps without having found what he was looking for. The gang have been involved in a series of similar thefts but have not yet been caught and Romania’s police continue to search for these thrill-seeking thieves.

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