Thieves steal £60K supercars from docks (From Daily Echo)
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Thieves steal £60K supercars from docks
5:00pm Saturday 3rd October 2009 in News
Range Rover Sport
THIEVES broke into a compound at Southampton docks and stole four stateof- the-art cars worth almost £250,000.
The gang forced the fence to access the metallic-finish blue/green Range Rover Sports which were waiting to be exported to Chile.
They then drove the vehicles, which have leather interiors and are worth £60,000 each, back out of the hole in the fence, near Mayflower Terminal, before abandoning them within the docks at a scrapyard.
None of the vehicles, which were parked in a compound containing about 900 identical cars, were damaged.
Security guards raised the alarm at about 3.30am yesterday after finding the hole in the fence, but it is thought the cars were stolen a couple of hours earlier.
One was recovered during the early hours and the remaining three were found following a thorough search of the area later yesterday morning.
Police are urging anyone with information to call Shirley CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Comments(6)
Derek of Dibden Purlieu
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7:17pm Sat 3 Oct 09
Jammy Donut wrote:Even the right hand drive versions don't have a high value in the UK because they're not very well built and they're prone to failure.
No doubt they were dumped when they realised they were Left Hand drive and not much resale value in the UK
Condor Man
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7:19pm Sat 3 Oct 09
According to Wikipedia Chile drive on the other side
southy
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7:57pm Sat 3 Oct 09
condor your right they do drive on the other side of the road, well they did the last time i was in punta arenas.
Bartonian
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11:25am Sun 4 Oct 09
Jammy Donut
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11:35am Sun 4 Oct 09
Just in case the thieves were thinking of delivery to the door and for Mac1989's info
Jammy Donut says...
5:25pm Sat 3 Oct 09