A recent case resulted in four members of an organised crime group being jailed for more than 12 years.
WATCH: A recent case resulted in four members of an organised crime group being jailed for a total of 12 and a half years
The government said it was giving police forces extra funding this year to help tackle vehicle crime.Francisco Terroso, a driving instructor in Kent, said his Ford Fiesta had been stolen in January and never found. There were 133,708 offences of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle and aggravated vehicle taking in 2023-24.
"I looked out and my car was being three-point turned towards one of the security gates. I saw three guys all with masks on pulling down the gate.""I got a call 40 minutes later from the police, who said it was in another town a few miles away." "It may well have been taken to a quiet location, put into a container ready for shipping and export abroad.
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