defender stolen. im very lucky

went to leave the house this morning at 5.40am heard my defender start up and screech out of my drive opened the door and it had gone ( few swear words later ) police called minutes later 2 volvos 1 unmarked vectra and astra went passed me at the speed of light lol.

police rang back at 6.00am saying they had gone on the M62 and triggerd the ANPR camera on one of the cars, Police followed they tried to get away by coming off at M62 J6 and switching the lights off and driving into a field they were swiftly followed by a dog unit which caught all 3 of them im so glad its been found though still not got it back its with forensics at the moment so still waiting they said it has been damaged though but not sure in which way.

Hats off to the police though very impressed with response time.

good news thieving pikey bastids got caught for a change, hope there ain't to much damage though.

thanks i know the steering lock wasnt on so what theft damage am i likley to be looking at door locks, ignition barrel??

Cue the hug a hoodie rather than smack in the mouth,

well they said they are going to be charging them today be intresting to see what they get. they also said they are well known for what they do

it seems the theives are lucky that the coppers got hold of them

coz if me or anyone else on here had cought them they probably would have had their hands smashed by a 5lb lump hammer first them turned into the coppers

Well done coppers.
It's nice to see a good story about them rather than the usual slagging off.

Well done boys in blue. Congrats on.n itt not being a totally bad story.

Glad to hear your Landy was recovered. Hope the scum get nailed for it and there's not too much damage to it.

mike539 said:

well they said they are going to be charging them today be intresting to see what they get. they also said they are well known for what they do

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The coppers love catching them, the problems is when they go to court, they'll get a £50 fine and 40 hours Comminty service, prison is a no go now for crooks, only for OAP's who don't pay their council tax and for people that leave their dustbin lid open

how did you defender trigger the anpr if you hadn't reported it!

didn't it have any tax /mot or insurance???

T1G UP said:

how did you defender trigger the anpr if you hadn't reported it!

didn't it have any tax /mot or insurance???

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Good point.

If it goes to court... get names, addresses and pics of offenders if possible.

Adz said:

If it goes to court... get names, addresses and pics of offenders if possible.

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LZ customer care visit.

T1G UP said:

how did you defender trigger the anpr if you hadn't reported it!

didn't it have any tax /mot or insurance???

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thats the first thing I thought!

even if it was reported stolen, as he called the cops, cant imagine the ANPR system being updated straight away...

Engineer1964 said:

The coppers love catching them, the problems is when they go to court, they'll get a £50 fine and 40 hours Comminty service, prison is a no go now for crooks, only for OAP's who don't pay their council tax and for people that leave their dustbin lid open

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You think

Yea reported it straight away the operator on the phone said he put it into the system or what not that's how they got picked up traffic car on a bridge triggers anpr Then followed so I am told

I love it when a plan comes together!!! Hope the landy is ok.

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frosty shouldnt the bloke in your avatar be armed with a clipboard and a hi-vi ???


the "approacable side of the force"..sorry socal services.

When I read the first post - I thought Landy Boy1 was back.


Good news that you got it back.