3000 British passports stolen from an unlocked van in Chadderton, Greater Manchester. They were blank and contained no information about members of the public. The drivers assistant, who was still in the van when it was hijacked, only suffered minor injuries. Even though the passports did not contain the micro chip used as a security check at British airports, they can still be used for fraud and have a value on the black market. Read more in this article on the Naked Security website.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/3000-british-passports-go-missing/