Police checkpoints target increase in keyless car thefts

Over 350 officers from the Metropolitan Police and Home Counties police forces targeted vehicle thieves operating in the south-east of England last month.

Suspect vehicles were halted on roads out of London on 5 February as part of Operation Endeavour, the Met’s campaign to combat keyless vehicle theft.

Last year more than 6,000 cars and vans across London were stolen without the owners’ keys. There has been an 8% increase in vehicle theft across London in the last year, believed to...

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