Burglars steal jewelry, Gucci items from FedEx, UPS trucks in 3-borough NYC spree

A group of five masked burglars stole a stash of jewelry, Gucci products and other loot worth more than $64,000 from the back of UPS and FedEx trucks in a stealthy three-borough spree, cops and sources said. The string of thefts began on April 1, when a single burglar raided a UPS truck on West 48th Street near Sixth Avenue in Midtown, a short walk from Rockefeller Center, around 7:45 p.m.April 1, authorities said.Cops say the culprit bagged 84 packages during the heist – but it was unclear what they held, or the value of the items inside. Then on May 10, two brazen broad-daylight crooks barged into a FedEx truck parked on Washington Street near West 13th Street in the Meatpacking District, just under the High Line, cops said. They snatched up eight Gucci boxes holding about $29,730 in designer loot from the truck during the 12:20 p.m.

burglary, police said. In another heist around 5:45 p.m.June 4, two sticky-fingered suspects used a burglar tool to force their way inside a UPS truck on West 45th Street near Fifth Avenue, again in Midtown, authorities said. They grabbed multiple bags of jewelry, described as “precious metals” worth at least $100, as two partners-in-crime acted as lookouts, cops said. The next stick-up came on June 7, when a single thief managed to snag multiple clear plastic bags holding 122 packages worth about $12,000 from a UPS truck on Madison Avenue near East 55th Street, authorities and sources said. Four months passed before a man and woman – joined by a lookout – used a burglar tool to pry open the door of a UPS truck on 47th Avenue near 30th Place in Long Island City around 10:30 a.m.

Oct.15, police said. It’s unclear how much that stash was worth. Then around noon Oct.

18, another solo thief broke into a locked UPS truck on Ludlow Street near Stanton Street on the Lower East Side, cops said. The brazen burglar grabbed a package holding nine Apple iPhones, two Android phones and one Apple Watch – valued at about $...