Many Years Ago,

I remember seeing pictures of Bentley's that were on bricks having had their wheels stolen,

  I am not sure why,

  but it happened fairly frequently,

to a number of cars, so many that it made the news for a time,

but it appears that these are the new currency in western Europe, the headlights of Porsche Panameras and Cayennes, police initially suspected the headlights were being stolen by criminals running illegal marijuana grow-ops, unlike lighting systems designed for hydroponic farms, the xenon headlights installed in some Porsche models put out appreciable heat and light without consuming much electric power,

but it appears the expensive rides' easily-removed headlights are being taken and the owners paying a ransom for their return, it is said to be relatively simple to remove from the outside without popping open the bonnet (hood), it's this factor their ease of removal that has seen the Great Headlight Heist morph into something quite different in Russia,

here's how the scam works, according to English Russia, after removing and absconding with a pair of Porsche headlights, the perps secrete the headlights relatively close to the car, a note is left on the windshield, offering to reveal the location of the removed headlights for a price, as the usual ransom amount is typically less than the cost of a replacement pair of headlights, most victims would rather pay the ransom (via Bitcoin or some other untraceable virtual currency) and after doing so, receive a text stating where they can retrieve their headlights,

of course there are some Walmart shoppers that do not have to worry about the headlights of their Porsh.