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Ringleaders of car theft gang who stole more than £2m worth of cars are jailed
The ringleaders of a "highly sophisticated" car theft gang who stole 107 high-value vehicles worth more than £2m over an eight-month period have been jailed.
George Berry and Benjamin Cross, both from Southampton, led a gang of 12 thieves who stole cars mostly from driveways while their owners were asleep, Hampshire Constabulary said. The gang used signal boosters to trick keyless ignition vehicles that the key fob was close by so it could be unlocked and 'signal jammers' to prevent vehicles from being locked in the first place, with the owner unaware the key fob had not worked.
They would then "return in the middle of the night to drive the unlocked cars away," a Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said. They took the cars, 76 of which were stolen from addresses in Hampshire, 28 from Dorset and three from Wiltshire, between February and October 2023, to a "chop shop" to be stripped for parts.
The makes included Land Rover, Range Rover, Jaguar, Mercedes, Audi, Bentley, Lexus, Hyundai, Citroen and Ford as well as motorcycles and Ford vans containing thousands of pounds worth of tools. Berry, 32, and Cross, 25, who played "leading roles in the conspiracy.
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