Gunmen steal World Cup stickers worth $360,000
June 6, 2018
How far would you go to complete your FIFA World Cup sticker album?
In the Argentine town of Munro, outside of Buenos Aires, armed men stormed a printing house last weekend and forced employees to unload more than 600 boxes of FIFA World Cup stickers into their truck.
Police confirmed the robbery on Wednesday.
According to authorities, each box contained 1,000 packets of stickers priced at 60 cents (€0.50) each. In all, the gunmen got away with stickers worth around $360,000.
The robbers are still at large, officials said, while security cameras in the warehouse were unable to help identify their faces.
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It remains unclear what the bandits intend to do with the stickers, although they will likely go on sale on the black market at a discount. The price of a packet, which contains five random stickers donning a player's face, tends to rise the closer the tournament approaches.
The 2018 World Cup is set to begin on June 14 in Russia, and runs until July 15.