Hair thieves?
Thieves are heading for a different kind of loot nowadays in the United States and it doesn't really matter if it's gold, bronze or black.
Hair seems to be in very high demand, fetching some good money in the wig and extensions industry but to steal hair is something you need to see (and read for yourself). Watch the video below as a hair thief carts away hair from a salon ala Mission Impossible style.
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According to salon owners from Chicago to Los Angeles, robberies of the seemingly abundant material are on the rise, with experienced crooks even stealing to order for cash strapped customers.
Lisa Amosu had her wig shop broken into and $150K worth of hair stolen. And with packets of the most expensive 'Remy' hair fetching up to $200 a time, thieves are making off with over $100,000 worth of stock in a single raid.
Speaking to the New York Times, Chicago Police detective Vito Ferro said hair thefts in the city looked like the work of people sophisticated enough to have taken custom orders.
He said: 'It’s like someone says, ‘I’m looking for a 1992 Cadillac Eldorado,’ and so you go out looking for that car.'
As well as small time grab and run style shop lifting, larger salons and stockists across the country have seen a spate of high value robberies in the last few months.
Earlier this month, My Trendy Place salon in Houston had $150,000 worth of stock stolen, while in March a Michigan store owner was killed during a holdup by gunmen who stole 80 packages of hair extensions worth about $10,000.
Over the last few months, thefts have included an $85,000 heist in Texas, $60,000 taken from a business in California and $10,000 in stolen hair taken from a San Diego shop.
After the hair is stolen, it is then usually sold on sites like eBay, bought by weavers who work from home or bootlegged to individuals out of the back of the thieves car.
Hair extensions are graded by quality, with hair from Indian and Asian women - known as Remy hair - the most sought after.
As well as full head wigs, the hair can be weaved into an existing head of hair, which can cost thousands of dollars and take hours to complete.
Human hair lasts up to a year once applied, where as artificial hair - which can not be blow dried or coloured - lasts around three months.
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