NEW YORK (AP) -- A shipment of Apple iPhones valued at $93,000 was stolen from a warehouse in Valley Stream.
1010 WINS AUDIO: Glenn Schuck Reports
Nassau County Police say the iPhones were taken from Rojay World Freight. They were stored in a warehouse in Valley Stream before being shipped via Cathay Pacific Airways from John F. Kennedy Airport to Hong Kong.
However, Cathay Pacific realized the package had been tampered with and discovered it was full of reams of paper rather than the iPhones. Cathay Pacific notified Hong Kong Police who called the Port Authority of New York-New Jersey. They in turn notified Nassau County Police.
Detectives arrested four people for the thefts.
Police say three Baldwin, Long Island men,, 20-year-old Emmanuel Etienne, 22-year-old Jarred Thomas and 20-year-old Duane Carlos - are all charged with grand larceny and conspiracy.
Also arrested and charged with criminal possession of stolen property is 21-year-old Emil Shamailov of Brooklyn.
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