Crooks Steal EUR 250,000 Robot Vacuum Cleaners From Lorry

Crooks who broke into a lorry and stole robot vacuum cleaners worth more than EUR 250,000 are being sought by police in Germany.

Image shows the S7 MaxV Ultra vacuum cleaner, undated photo. Crooks from the town of Neukirchen-Vluyn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, stole 240 such vacuum cleaners worth over EUR 250,000 (GBP 223,000). (Roborock/Newsflash)

The 240 hi-tech cleaners – worth more than EUR 1,000 (GBP 900) each, with the grand total from the heist reaching EUR 250,000 (GBP 223,000) – disappeared from the trailer while it was parked over a weekend.

Police in Neukirchen-Vluyn, Wesel, identified the cleaners as S7 MaxV Ultras made by Chinese electronics company Roborock.

Newsflash obtained a statement from the Wesel District Police Authority on Monday, 6th February, saying: “Unknown persons stole 240 vacuum robots from the back of a truck. The vacuum robots are the ‘S7 MaxV Ultra black’ model from the manufacturer Roborock.

“The perpetrators opened the rear door of the trailer between Friday 2 p.m. and Sunday 12:15 p.m. The truck was parked on company premises on Fritz-Baum-Allee.”

Image shows the S7 MaxV Ultra vacuum cleaner, undated photo. Crooks from the town of Neukirchen-Vluyn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, stole 240 such vacuum cleaners worth over EUR 250,000 (GBP 223,000). (Roborock/Newsflash)

Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

The investigation is ongoing and at the time of writing, no arrests had been made.

Roborock is a Chinese electronics and consumer goods company that is known for its vacuum robots. It is seen as a competitor to the Roomba series of robot vacuum cleaners made by the American company iRobot.

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