Anyone recognise this defender on eBay

I'm glad everyone is so on the ball on these matters, Never heard of avcis until now,
let me know if you hear anything party monkey.

Avcis?

Metropolitan police came back to me. Putting a flag on the plate. If seen will be pulled over. Seller came back after I asked for vin number which he had said he had and said no longer sure. Told him its on the plate in pic and on v5. He's not answered and refused to give me number to view it.

:sly:

Proper secret squirrel me. Now my dads interested....23years intellihence corps. Watch this space...

If we could find the (genuine) vin is it possible to trace the rightful owner from DVLA or police?

Probably.

Thing when they come up is to get a phone number, and reg.

Then call 101. When option comes up press 1. Then wait til relevant police force comes up.

If you give then enough info they will flag it. Anpr cars will pull it if seen.

chunkymunky said:

Avcis?

Metropolitan police came back to me. Putting a flag on the plate. If seen will be pulled over. Seller came back after I asked for vin number which he had said he had and said no longer sure. Told him its on the plate in pic and on v5. He's not answered and refused to give me number to view it.

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AVCIS is the Police Vehicle crime intelligence service.

Any suspect vehicles/parts can be reported at a dedicated email address. There's a thread with the details as a sticky at the top of this board.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f43/vehicle-crime-intelligence-contact-details-137577.html

Unfortunately, this is not LR specific, so the address gets a lot of reports on all marques, so best to only send stuff to them when you/we/collectively are darn sure it's suspect....

Over on the other place that watches landies :nospamhere: we're slowly but surely building a relationship with a couple of the guys in AVCIS, so decent suspicions from folk that know their stuff should hopefully start to get looked at more seriously

That's good. Copper I spoke with said wanted to do more but unless someone has been and looked and "knows" they won't usually act.

chunkymunky said:

That's good. Copper I spoke with said wanted to do more but unless someone has been and looked and "knows" they won't usually act.

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How's this.
I know the vehicle is not a S111
It's a coil sprung 90 with a 300tdi and discs all round, not an 88, unless the reg number has been swapped officially and recorded on the V5, its a ringer, There's only one other explanation, its a bitsa and he has receipts for everything, then it should be on a Q plate.

Told him cannot be an 88". That somewhere along the line a fraud and theft has occured. With owners insurance claim and selling price over 10k. Worth action.

He also revealed a little surprise. Ebay stuff has to go through cyber crime unit which is widely known to be woefully under funded. They cannot access ebay on normal departmental computers!

Well done guys, great to see

Andy Land said:

Well done guys, great to see

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+1. Really intrigued to see how this ends.

Well he's either thick or knows what I am after. The seller that is. Hasn't given me vin....but his mobile number

Hehe. Met police have come back. Have them mobile number and they are going to approach the chap. Even just to look under bonnet and check vin out. Guess that's nearly a result.

MASSIVE long shot / shot in the dark but just a small observation, 2 landrovers, defender and discovery have been stolen from Essex with the help of a Mitsubishi evo, and he has bought some sidelight bulbs specifically marketed as for an evo,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STOLEN-LA...omobiles_UK&hash=item2eb8fae3be#ht_3787wt_922

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Guess that's nearly a result.

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Brilliant! Some progress!

really hope this goes the right way . sad thing is , if it is a ringer it could just end up being crushed couldnt it ?

Hopefully the fact the vin plate is still under the bonnet "even the police" should be able to id it and get it back on the right plates but i would of thought the insurance company would own it so god knows what they will do

As long as toe rag doesn't get the money!

chunkymunky said:

Hehe. Met police have come back. Have them mobile number and they are going to approach the chap. Even just to look under bonnet and check vin out. Guess that's nearly a result.

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I suspect the vehicle will have the 88's vin plate that ties up with the number plates. PC Plod needs to check engine and chassis numbers.

Can only hope