The PS5 is a hot commodity right now, and for weeks now the console has been targeted by the more unscrupulous. Whether it's using bots, demanding exorbitant prices, or stealing packages.

But it doesn't stop there: the PS5 is so popular that gangs in the UK have begun breaking into trucks in transit and stealing the consoles inside.

In a story that sounds like something out of a movie, The Times reports that the gangs are using an intercept technique called "rollover. Three cars are boxed into a truck traveling at 50 mph while one of the thieves tries to climb over the sunroof and break into the back of the truck.

This M.O. has been successful at least 27 times this year, and PS5 is not the only thing the thieves are targeting. Trucks can be loaded with all kinds of valuables, and thieves have taken TVs, phones, cosmetics, cigarettes, and more. Increased security has made it more difficult to intercept goods elsewhere in the supply chain, which seems to have encouraged the gangs to resort to such dangerous tactics.

Just last month, thieves attacked a delivery truck on the M1 highway and stole £5 million ($6.7 million) worth of Apple products.

Naturally, with Christmas and the holidays coming up, many valuable packages hit the road and become easy prey. In addition, given the scarcity of PlayStation 5s, they are an obvious choice for thieves of all kinds. Especially considering that the console is selling for well over its retail price of £449 on eBay auctions.

Of course, such instances are relatively rare, but this is a prime example of a larger problem: the PS5 is incredibly hard to come by, and people are willing to pay a high price to get it. It only exacerbates thieves and duffers looking to make a quick buck, and their success only encourages others to do the same.

Sony is working hard to improve the supply of PS5s, but as long as people overpay, there will be duffers who will buy them up for their own profit.

If we want to stop them and make it easier to buy PS5 later, we need to stop making it worth their while. If no one buys from the duffers, the duffers will stop buying in bulk from retailers. Or they are infinitely more reasonable for a $500 gaming console.