The thief made off with a total of 25 processors and RAMs from offices and laboratories on floors 2, 3 and 4 on the eastern side of Helix, reports Hay Becks, TU/e team leader at Safety & Security. The Chemistry department is investigating whether more has been taken.

At the Helix secretariat, a door was forced, but no further evidence of the burglary has been found, says Becks. TU/e Security has used camera footage to establish that the person entered the building through the deliveries entrance. The burglar then focused chiefly on offices and labs that were unlocked.

Similarities with earlier burglary

The burglary is similar in many ways to a burglary committed at Atlas last month. On Sunday September 15th, processors and RAMs were stolen from there, on floors 5 through 9. In addition, the main items stolen were iPads and laptops, says Becks.

Safety & Security has strong suspicions, due chiefly to the camera footage, that one and the same person is involved. TU/e has reported the burglaries to the police and once it has taken stock of what is missing, the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry will also report the incident, Becks tells us. TU/e Security can only guess at the culprit's motive for taking processors and Random Access Memories (RAMs).