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A Procam client called House of Black had kit stolen from location in Camberwell/Brixton on the 31st October.

The cameraman went out for food, came back and the kit was missing.

If you are approached to buy either of the following, please contact Lauren Clifford at Procam.

Sony A7s mkii Camera	3777243
Canon EF 24-70mm F/2.8L II USM Lens (82mm)	3445003087

One of No Drama’s clients has had kit stolen from their car in London.

If you are offered any of the following, please call No Drama on 0161 877 4363 and ask for James.

Preston LCS kit in Peli case:

1 x Preston HU3 SN 1487

1 x Preston MDR3 SN 1308

1 x Lightranger 2-w SN LR2W-1068

1 x Preston FI handset SN 2022

1 Preston DM1X Motor SN4537

1 Preston Radio microforce SB 1113

 

Your Name         : Alick Cotterill

Your organisation : Alick Ltd

Telephone         : 07811875724

E-mail Address    : alick@alick.co.uk

List the main items of kit stolen.: Sony 24-105 f4 OSS G lens SN1974715 Sony FX9 camera body SN4000388 Sony 16-35 2.8 GM lens SN S011835292G

Sony 24-70 2.8 GM lens SN          S011985367P

Smallhd Cine 7 V-mount

Teradek Bolt RX and TX

Many many other items.

How was the theft carried out?  Please supply as much detail as possible.:

Police details and crime number: Crime ref 0709197/20

Any other information you wish to share with the broadcast hire community: Stolen from the middle of Barnes, London UK, on Fri 28th Aug between 7-11pm.

 

 

Someone using the (possibly false) name of  Sakaria Abdallah Mohammed hired a large quantity of equipment from Darryl Wood in August 2019 and failed to return it.

He claimed that he himself had been robbed.

We are led to believe that the camera was sold way below its value to an individual who goes by the name B-Dot.

If you come across any of the following items or can assist in identifying any of these individuals, please contact Darryl at

 

Leeds School of Arts had the following equipment stolen from the back of a car in the early hours of Tuesday 3rd March in the Headingly area of Leeds.

The rear window was smashed to access the equipment.

From: Looking for …AVPRO (Amboto Video Pro) <lookingfor@avpro.es>
Sent: 04 December 2019 18:43
Subject: STOLEN LENSES / OBJECTIFS VOLÉS

 

Dear All / Bonjour à tous

Notre client s’est fait volé la série Cooke S4 suivante lors d’un tournage en Belgique le 1er Decembre 2019:
The following lenses were stolen from one of our clients during a shoot in Belgium on December 1st 2019:

16mm Cooke S4 T2  n°16-966
18mm Cooke S4 T2  n°18-0265
21mm Cooke S4 T2 n°21-252
25mm Cooke S4 T2  n°25-0268
27mm Cooke S4 T2 n°27-129
40mm Cooke S4 T2 n°40-0321
65mm Cooke S4 T2 n°65-1105
75mm Cooke S4 T2 n°75-0269
100mm Cooke S4  T2 n°100-0265
135mm Cooke S4 T2 n°319

Please distibute this to your branch offices and do not hesitate to contact me directly if you have any information
Merci de faire circuler cette liste dans vos bureaux et n’hésitez pas à me contacter directement si vous avez des informations

Thank you / Merci
Danys BRUYERE
Deputy Managing Director – Technologies

TSF
9 rue des Fillettes
93210, Saint Denis
France
+33 1 4917 6000

We’ve had a large amount of equipment stolen, should you be approached with a view to purchase this equipment, please contact us: james@esbroadcast.com

 

1x EVS Channel Max

A111580

1x Canon UJ90 Digisuper lens

431150AF

4x Canon XJ95 Digisuper lenses

382031BMCL

382032BMCL

381070AB

381144AF

1x Canon HJ40x10 lens

02710055

6x Canon HJ14x4 lenses

01617553

01610103

01614978

01617519

01615142

01615149

1x Canon HJ22x7

01220118

10x Canon FPJ-D12 Digi shot boxes

712012C

712005C

712007C

712009C

712010C

712015C

712001C

712017C

1007473

712003C

3x Vinten Vector 750 Heads

4034-11379

4034-11002

4034-11002

3x Vinten HDt2 Tripods

3902-06563

3902-07261

3902-07258

Only a few weeks after the previous fraudulent hire, thieves have once again targeted ProCentre on Friday 28th June.

 

Pro Centre took a call from  ‘Nick at ‘Prolighting’ late on Friday urgently needing

2x 5D (didn’t specify the mark) and

2x Canon 50mm, which they changed to 85mm mid conversation.

 

This sounded suspicious so they called Prolighting – who do have a Nick, but Nick was away on that day. The PO number that was offered for the booking was a nonsense number.

The police were called and a taxi from a legitimate taxi company arrived supposedly to collect the goods – the delivery was supposed to go to 41 Mare street  which is a previous  Prolighting address.

The telephone number used for the booking was 07746 168 798.

If you have any information that may be useful, please contact Rob at Pro Centre on 020 7729 8822

On Monday 10th June. 2019 at 1430 Pro Centre received a visit from a well prepared and knowledgeable thief who made off with over £10,000 of kit.

The thieves used another company’s details – Gripvan (who are not at all involved).

1)      On Friday they called ahead and identified themselves as Joe from Gripvan and in a self-assured  manner booked 2x 1DX mkII, 2x 70-200mm, 2x 50mm 1.2 –  offering a current GripVan PO number as confirmation.

2)      On Monday a driver arrived in a what we now know to be an older and since replaced style of Gripvan T-Shirt quoting the job number, presenting a PDA with collection information detailing the kit and GripVan’s address and then patiently waited for the kit be brought out. He was calm, collected and did nothing to arouse suspicion.

3)      He then left on foot,  CCTV loses them about 30 meters from the front door.

The items stolen were:

Canon 1DX MKII – #063012000498

Canon 1DX MKII – #1530160000095

Canon 70-200 MKIII – #6800003218

Canon 70-200 MIII – #6700002288

Canon 50mm 1.2 – #9730590

Canon 50mm 1.2 – #4362534

 

Below are images of the person who collected.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of these items or the person who collected, please contact Rob at Pro Centre on rob@procentre.co.uk

Run TV have been hit by two successive fraudulent hires and believe the perpetrators have likely conspired with each other as they were a day apart and both followed the same format. The hires occurred on the 4th and 5th of June and all subsequent attempts to reach the hirers on the numbers they gave have failed.

items taken were:

 

• 2x Canon 5D MKIII Camera Bodies 333022001443/ 063024027528
• 1x Canon 16-35mm Lens 5492651
• 1x Canon 24-70mm Lens 1780001390
• 1x Canon 24-105mm Lens 5413014175
• 1x Canon 50 1.2mm Lens 7023536
• 1x Canon 50 1.4mm Lens 62183209
• 1x Canon 85mm Lens 271918

The perpetrators were using the following names and provided passports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of any of this equipment or the individuals featured here, please contact Frances at Run TV on 0207 636 0006