A gang that managed to steal over 70 cars in an act of ‘brazen thievery’ has now been jailed. Police officers said that the group “presented a real danger to the public”.
An investigation was launched after the gang stole a number of vehicles from the Heathrow Airport car park. The investigation found that the group was behind more than £2.8million worth of stolen vehicles.
The gang used keyless technology to steal the cars and targeted residential streets, driveways, and dealership forecourts. One individual had driven a stolen vehicle out of a car park at Heathrow Terminal 5 and deliberately collided with police cars and rammed an exit barrier to make an escape.
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More than 70 cars including Range Rovers, BMWs, and Mercedes were stolen across London and the southeast between December 2019 and October 2020. On a number of occasions, the criminals were found to have driven recklessly, “showing no regard for the safety of the public or police officers”.
On Friday, November 4 four men were jailed for more than 20 years at Isleworth Crown Court. Four other members of the gang had been jailed earlier in the year.
On November 4, ringleader James Howsen, 32, from Brentwood Essex was jailed for six years and eight months and banned from driving for six years and four months having pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal, dangerous driving, burglary and aggravated vehicle taking. Dwaine Dixon, 29, from Woodford Green, Essex, was jailed for five years and 11 months for conspiracy to steal, and burglary.
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Jack MacLeod, 29, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years’ imprisonment and disqualified from driving for two years and eight months for conspiracy to steal, burglary, two counts of dangerous driving, ABH, and aggravated vehicle taking. Brodi Higgins, 24, of no fixed address, was sentenced to four years and one month imprisonment and disqualified from driving for two years and ten months for conspiracy to steal, burglary, theft of a vehicle, and dangerous driving.
Pc Barry Munnelly, of the Met’s Aviation Policing Command, who led the investigation, said: “This gang travelled around London and the South East to commit these brazen thefts – at all times of the day from residential streets, private driveways and car dealership forecourts. On a number of occasions they drove recklessly, showing no regard for the safety of the public or police officers.”
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Four other members of the gang were jailed earlier this year. Arif Ahmed, 28, of Woodford Green, was jailed for three years and three months, and disqualified from driving for three years after admitting to conspiracy to steal, aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving.
Jordan Murray, 25, from Romford, east London, was jailed for three years and eight months, and disqualified from driving for three years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal and two counts of aggravated vehicle taking. Zakaria Ahmed, 28, of Woodford Green, was jailed for four years and three months, and disqualified from driving for seven years and seven months after admitting to conspiracy to steal and two counts of aggravated vehicle taking.
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Abbas Moobe, 25, of Woodford Green, was jailed for three years and three months, and disqualified from driving for two years and nine months after admitting to conspiracy to steal, and aggravated vehicle taking. Chief Superintendent Ian Howells, operation command unit commander for aviation policing, said: “This is an excellent example of an extremely thorough and diligent investigation which has resulted in a dangerous criminal network being closed down.
“As well as the widespread theft of vehicles and the distress caused to victims, the manner in which they carried out their offending presented a real danger to the public and I am pleased that they have now been brought to justice. The Met are committed to getting justice for victims, safeguarding the public and tackling organised criminal gangs.”
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