Up to 120 BMW cars stolen in a sophisticated cross-border key cloning racket were to be broken up and shipped to Latvia, the High Court in Belfast has heard. An eastern European crime gang is suspected to be behind the theft of the cars from Dublin. They then moved them to garages in Northern Ireland, prosecutors said.
A prosecuting lawyer said two co-accused are believed to have travelled from England to help transport the cars. “Police believe this gang are operating in different jurisdictions,” the lawyer said. “Approximately 120 BMWs were stolen from the greater Dublin area since September 2013.” The lawyer said: “Since the arrests, there have been no reported thefts of BMWs in the Dublin area. Prior to this, they were almost on a nightly basis.”
120 BMW cars ‘stolen to be broken up and sent to Latvia’ (BBC News)
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Did they take the drivers too?
Ah it’s definitely them if there’s been no BMW thefts since their arrests.
House burgleries gone quiet too? Probably them
No supply of weed on the streets? Tis them. Has to be.
Columbo wouldn’t get a look in.
One more thing….
Fairly quiet around here on the stolen bike front too.
Up there for thinkin’!
On yer bike for ridin’ !
I know someone whose BMW was stolen last week in Dublin.