Stolen Mercedes GLS Automatrics London Theft Recovery Operation

Yet another Mercedes theft through the vehicle key cloning, its just all too easy for a three man team caught on CCTV. Follow the Automatrics theft recovery team when they are contacted by a car hire company to try to locate a stolen Mercedes GLS. Time appears to be against the team as the vehicle reported location is suspected of being a chop / dismantle shop and the police are struggling to support the team. A big thanks to our customer for pushing police support to return on this one and to Danny for his once again speedy attendance, dedication, resolve and recovery skills.

Warning strong emotive language is used within this operation.

Mapping locations statement:

While maps and locations of our devices are generally accurate we advise that these graphic depicted locations are only an approximation, they are not guaranteed to be completely accurate and as such they cannot be used to suspected the location they show. The actual true locations of any recovered stolen asset can only be confirmed when they eyeballed by witnesses and then captured on our video footage.

Please note, there was a deliberate delay in releasing this video to enable the police to thoroughly investigate the theft. No police arrests have been advised to Automatrics, however our operational intel may have helped the Met police.

Clearly the Met police had difficulties to support Automatrics access to the tracked vehicle in a more timely manner in this particular operation. Although we describe possible reasons for police delays and why a warrant may not have been authorised we cannot confirm that our thoughts were in fact the case. For sure the customer outcome may have been significantly improved had they responded quicker. This vehicle with all parts (except the wheels) and was later sold at auction to help recover the majority of the value of the car.