Amateur sleuth uncovers 80-vehicle chop shop
Reported byBBC England ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
An Oxfordshire man tracked down his own stolen car to an industrial estate in Grays, Essex, tipping off police who raided the site and discovered 80 suspicious vehicles and a major chop-shop operation. Ten arrests were made and a significant organized crime network was dismantled.
Nine suspects were released on bail; no further action was taken against the tenth man. The wider investigation is ongoing.
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