By Steven Symes 
It was a simple yet seemingly effective plan as four men cut a hole in the drywall of a storage unit, making off with four Porsche 911 models valued at a total of $1 million. However, the men were all caught and the cars were recovered just a few hours later, showing that the thieves’ plan wasn’t all that brilliant.
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According to police documents obtained by KFOX14, the stolen rides were a 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo, 2014 Porsche 911, 2024 Porsche 911, and 1971 Porsche 911. The cars weren’t taken far; all four Porsches were recovered within a couple of miles of the storage unit within six hours of the theft.
From what one of the talkative suspects told El Paso Police detectives, the four men planned to drive the Porsches across the Mexican border and sell them to an unnamed party. However, that same guy who was all smiles in his mugshot also told police he wanted to keep one of the 911s as his personal car.
What a genius.
That same guy, along with another suspect were caught just a few hours after the theft sitting in the Porsche 911 Turbo outside a Family Dollar store. Gee, that doesn’t look suspicious at all, taking a vehicle worth six digits to somewhere frequented by Kia and Hyundai owners.
Police said they found two of the cars parked in alleys. We don’t know where the fourth one was located. Considering how quickly they were discovered, it makes us wonder if the owner didn’t have GPS trackers on the Porsches hidden where these criminal geniuses couldn’t find them.
This story is a great reminder that if you have any cars sitting in a storage facility, you need to have trackers and other security measures just in case.
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