Modern-day highwaymen steal from moving trucks in high-speed robberies

German prosecutors are investigating at least four suspected modern-day highwaymen said to have repeatedly surrounded moving trucks on autobahns in the dead of night and made off with loot worth over €250,000. Investigators in Dortmund are looking into at least 50 separate cases of high-speed highway robbery in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The thieves are said to have developed a method of unloading goods from trucks while on the move. Gangs of robbers used several cars to surround trucks on two-lane autobahns, Barbara Vogelsang, a spokeswoman from the state prosecutor in Dortmund, said. A first car gets in front of the truck and forces it to slow down, while a second drives close up behind it.

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