Crime & Safety

King County Sheriff Seeks Help to Locate 7,000 Stolen Wii Games

The games were stolen in a van and trailers from a distribution warehouse in SeaTac.

The King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is asking for the public's help to locate two stolen tractor trailer trucks and a van packed with more than 7,000 Wii game consoles stolen from a distributing warehouse in SeaTac over the weekend.

Employees at Seattle Air Cargo in the 19100 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive said the theft occurred sometime between 9 p.m. Saturday night and noon on Sunday. The suspects used forklifts on the premises to load up two 53’ trailers and a box van with at least 64 pallets of Wii game consoles. 

Both Trailers are 53’ in length, white in color and have the name “McKinney” on the side.  The box van is a large International van with “Seattle Air Cargo” written on the doors. (Note: Seattle Air Cargo is NOT written on the side of the box, only the doors)

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Trailer #1- California license plate 4HB3365 with a trailer number 533457

Trailer #2- California license plate 4EA5521 with trailer number 531841

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Box Van- make “International” Washington license plate B40622K

Detectives believe the suspects drove two tractor trucks to the warehouse and used forklifts inside to load up the trailers and box van with the pallets of Wii games.  Detectives estimate the value of property stolen including the vehicles is over $2 million.

If you have information about this crime please call the King County Sheriff’s Office at (206) 296-3311 or 911 if you see any of the vehicles.

(Ed. Note: Information from the King County Sheriff's Office)


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