Thread: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a slightly different tack (sorry, this is a UK story!) ...

There is a car park locally (for the metro) which became a bit of a thieving black spot. Average 2 cars per day (nice cars only - sorry AlexS!) disappeared from this parking haven. Easy job too - they probably watched to ensure that the owner got on the train.

The poligs tried cameras, but never managed to obtain a conviction - so a bright idea came into their heads... Let's rig a car and nick the thieves.

So they parked a brand new Rover Sterling in said car park, which was rigged to not start - and was left unlocked to make it easy. Also automatically photographed the villains. Smart!...

BUT, when the villains got to court, they got off! - Their lawyers said they had no intention of stealing the car, had found it unlocked and got in to see if they could find the owner's name to warn him - yeah right! ... And anyway, rigging the car so it would not start was entrapment.

Mark 2 of the car was therefore prepared - able to start, left locked, still with the camera inside. Very Smart!...

BUT, the first day it was parked there, it was stolen (despite being watched at a distance by the boys in blue). Sad thing is, they have never recovered it! My mate was one of the poligs involved, and his bosses were slightly unimpressed!!

A friend of a friend had a couple of insurance claims for stolen burnt out cars. The second time they investigated it fully, but he was conclusively shown to be elsewhere when it happened. He did the first torch job and got a mate to do the second.

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

At about the same time my flatmate had a Cossack- a Russian Motorbike of very dubious reputation,


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I remember the Cossacks! Never saw one that didn't have a pool of oil underneath it.