Six men from Poland have appeared in court accused of stealing or handling £220,000 of electrical goods from the John Lewis warehouse in Northampton.
Marcin Baowski, 29, Lusasz Srodecki, 28, Kryzsztof Bogszewski, 32, and Piotr Kozlowski, 31, are charged with conspiracy to steal from the warehouse in Brackmills.
It is alleged they plotted to steal £220,000 of electrical goods, including Apple Macbook Pros, cameras and camcorders, from the John Lewis Partnership between October 1 and 30 last year.
Baowski is also accused five theft and money laundering charges.
Przemslaw Chyla, 25, is accused of possessing criminal property while Vitalijis Razadowovski, 25, is charged with handling some of the stolen goods between October 29 and November 4.
They appeared at Northampton Crown Court before Recorder Benjamin Nicholls, but were not asked to enter pleas to the charges as not all the evidence in the case has been served.
It is alleged detectives found tape had been placed over security sensors outside the John Lewis warehouse, while the burglars cut through a door to avoid triggering alarms.
A makeshift “warren” had also been constructed from unused shelving inside the warehouse to allow burglars to crawl through the building and escape without triggering internal alarms.
Raiders managed to flee with around £140,000 worth of goods, but left behind devices worth £82,000 in a number of laundry trolleys close to the entrance of the warehouse.
Police later found the goods were sold via a shop in Coventry and on the online website, Gumtree.
The case was adjourned for a month to allow for all the prosecution evidence to be disclosed and Baowski, of North Holme Court, Thorplands, was further remanded in custody.
Bogszewski, of Wellington Street, Northampton town centre, said to have been working at the depot on the night of the break-in; Kozlowski, of Park Corner, in St James, Northampton; Srodecki, of Larkin Gardens, Higham Ferrers; Chyla, of Pleydell Gardens, Far Cotton, Northampton; and Razadowovski, of Windsor Crescent, St James, Northampton, were all granted bail.