A former Mercedes employee stole a JCB and wrecked vehicles worth millions.A disgruntled former Mercedes Benz employee has been arrested for going on a wrecking spree at the company’s plant in Spain. According to the Daily Mail, the 38-year-old allegedly destroyed around 50 brand new vans at the plant where he used to work, which is estimated to have caused around $6 million worth of damage.
On December 31, the former car factory worker stole a JCB which he drove to the factory located on an industrial estate in the Basque capital Vitoria. He then went on a wrecking spree, damaging several luxury vehicles.
According to Ladbible, the damaged vans included high-end V class vehicles, which were worth nearly 90,000 pounds, along with a number of electric Vitos.
Photos shared on social media show the extent of the damage he caused. Some pics show a door razed to the ground, while others show cars crushed in the attack.
The attack was so extreme that a security guard had to fire a shot in the air to get the suspect to stop while waiting for the police.
Police is currently investigating the incident as a work-related revenge attack. Officers say that the attacker worked at the Mercedes Benz site between 2016 and 2017.
“Officers in Vitoria have arrested a man aged 38 who stole a JCB from one firm and smashed it into 50 parked vehicles,” a spokesperson for the local police said. “Police arrived at the scene of the damage to find the man at the wheel of the JCB smashing into the parked vehicles.
