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Orange Tiny Terror Amplifier Heist

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£5000 Reward Offered after 141 Tiny Terrors Stolen
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Borehamwood, England (August 18, 2008) - British amp maker, Orange Amps, has announced a major theft of a container load of amplifiers from its Borehamwood premises. Here's the scoop, as relayed by our friends at Orange:

Used by some of the biggest stars such as Madonna, Led Zeppelin Prince and Kaiser Chiefs, the robbers targeted this prestigious brand to carry out a daring raid on Saturday 16th August.

The one hundred forty one Orange Tiny Terror Combo guitar amps, which have a combined value of over £60,000, were part of the first shipment of the much anticipated amps into the UK. The product was launched at the Frankfurt music exhibition earlier this year, on the back of the award winning acclaimed Tiny Terror amp which has sold over 30,000 units and proven to be one of the most in-demand amps in the world.

The combination amp and speaker has a value of £439 each and was stolen from a temperature controlled, sealed forty foot container. The robbers couldn’t break the locks so they attempted to use an acetylene welder and then angle grinders to cut through the quarter inch locking steel plates.

As this was part of the first delivery into the UK, only 121 units had been shipped into music shops, so this is still a highly sought after amp with very limited availability. Orange recently won the Queens Award for Enterprise - International Trade.

The Police have launched a major investigation and informed all relevant port and home authorities. Orange Amplifiers are putting up a reward of £5000 for information that will lead to a successful conviction and recovery of these amplifiers.  If you have any information please contact the local Police force on 0845-3300222, quoting Crime Number J1/08/3588. The company has the serial numbers of all the products stolen, they can be referenced on the Orange Amps wesbite: http://www.orangeamps.com/ .


     


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Fender Bender
on 08/21/2008 		Davie Allan & The Arrows fans endorse the amps but not the hijacking.
Screaming Stone
on 08/20/2008 		Gear being stolen happens more than one might think. In the US over 1 million instruments are stolen every year and less than 3% are recovered by the police. We are trying to do something to help musicians get back their gear - publicize the thefts on myspace and numerous musician message boards such as Harmony-Central Forum and Ultimate Guitar Forum. Check out the list of stolen gear at www.screamingstone.com
Bill Starrett
on 08/19/2008 		Drag. I work for an Orange dealer, and I get requests for the Tiny Terror combo every day.
On the other hand, it would be fun to string a whole bunch of em' together like Brian May's Voxes. Maybe if Scotland Yard just listened very carefully....
amazed
on 08/19/2008 		Sure seems to be a lot of experts on the subject.
r
on 08/18/2008 		yes thieves do steal serialized stuff. ipods, computers, gps, etc.
David
on 08/18/2008 		If they couldn't cut through 1/4" steel with a torch, they obviously don't have enough common sense to get away with this .
BlurRexx
on 08/18/2008 		Ayeegh== What has the media done to us? Anytime something bad happens someone screems publicity stunt. WE DID LAND ON THE MOON & THE HAULACOST REALLY HAPPENED!
Dave
on 08/18/2008 		This really screams publicity stunt. Criminals that steal from containers don't take specialized traceable items like guitar amplifiers. They take televisions, computers, DVD players, and other consumer goods that they can sell without suspicion. Also, "daring raid" is hardly a good way to describe container theft. Most cases involve inside assistance or some other sort of organized crime ring.
SRV
on 08/18/2008 		Interesting.



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