Brazen Theft Sees Criminals Drive Away With Brand New JLR Engines Worth £3m

Police in the West Midlands are looking for a gang that simply drove into a JLR compound and took trailers full of brand new engines, in one of the most brazen heists ever
Brazen Theft Sees Criminals Drive Away With Brand New JLR Engines Worth £3m

Thieves have stolen Jaguar Land Rover engines worth £3 million in what has to be the most audacious and astonishing automotive thefts ever.

Unbelievably, the thieves simply drove a stolen HGV tractor unit into the compound, obtaining official paperwork in the process, hooked it up to a trailer full of engines and drove out again in just six minutes. Twice. The same lorry returned a couple of hours later and pulled the same trick.

The whole thing took place at night, but in full view of security cameras. The criminals passed manned security checkpoints, suggesting the thieves had a degree of knowledge about the site and the necessary protocols.

Ingenium-family engines like this are believed to have been among the stolen engines
Ingenium-family engines like this are believed to have been among the…

According to the Birmingham Mail, the two stolen trailer units were unloaded in the Coventry area.

‘Stunned’ JLR management authorised a statement saying:

We can confirm that we are working closely with West Midlands Police to investigate the theft of engines from the Solihull manufacturing plant.

A reward is on offer to anyone who has information which leads to the successful recovery of these engines.

It would be inappropriate for us to make any further comment whilst this investigation is ongoing.

We’re in absolute disbelief that the thieves managed to pull this off, and no doubt JLR will be tightening its security a few notches. In the meantime, let’s hope the swine that took the engines get caught.

Source: Birmingham Mail

Comments

Anonymous

Looks like someone’s Miata was giving troubles

02/04/2017 - 04:13 |
15 | 1
iCypher(Joel Chan)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

The savagery…

02/04/2017 - 05:50 |
4 | 0
FLixy Madfox

AlexKersten , looks like there’s gonna be some cheap Jaguar engines for your Miata!

02/04/2017 - 04:13 |
208 | 1
ferrarman11

I’m not happy with the smooth criminal….bad smooth criminal….

02/04/2017 - 04:13 |
65 | 1
PN K

Are they going to put the engines in Mazda RX-7s?

02/04/2017 - 04:14 |
14 | 0
7367Network

In reply to by PN K

No

02/04/2017 - 09:01 |
1 | 0
Ricardo Mercio

In reply to by PN K

pls no

02/05/2017 - 22:43 |
1 | 0
John Paul Tapp

If your dumb enough to risk prison to steal land rover engines your dumb enough to get caught

02/04/2017 - 04:16 |
4 | 4

you’re*

02/04/2017 - 09:33 |
5 | 1

Its £3,000,000 worth of untaxed money. Im sure they were happy to take the risk

02/04/2017 - 19:01 |
2 | 0
Olds Alero

Absolutely useless. What kind of terrible security does this JLR compound have?

02/04/2017 - 05:01 |
34 | 1

Blind men armed with Nerf guns?

02/04/2017 - 05:28 |
71 | 0

crumpet guns

yes i have offended the whole ct staff

02/04/2017 - 06:28 |
9 | 2

At a reputable drinks brand that rhymes with boca bola, thieves broke in and stole all the catalytic converters on all the vans then did a car dealership in the same night stole like 60 of them, apparently me laughing did not help :P

02/04/2017 - 11:52 |
3 | 0
Ali Mahfooz

Dayum! Someone’s been watching too many movies. :P

02/04/2017 - 05:04 |
4 | 0

And speaking of theft… any word on the blue Porsche? It’s been two years since it went missing.

02/04/2017 - 05:07 |
2 | 0
DL🏁

In a few months:

02/04/2017 - 07:25 |
57 | 0
Ben Ireland

Alex Kersten Now you can afford a 3.0L V6 for Phil!

02/04/2017 - 09:16 |
22 | 0

Doesn’t jaguar only have in line 6s at the moment?

02/05/2017 - 23:26 |
1 | 0
Anonymous

Someone might have a problem!

02/04/2017 - 12:35 |
17 | 0

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