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Related: About this forumCars stolen from DC, Maryland and Virginia intercepted at Port of Baltimore: 7News I-Team
WJLA is owned by Sinclair, so I take their investigative reports with a grain of salt. This one looks as if it's on the up-and-up. WJLA ran it on the evening news last night.
Cars stolen from DC, Maryland and Virginia intercepted at Port of Baltimore: 7News I-Team
by Mitch Blacher Mon, July 24th 2023, 2:01 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (7News) Surveillance cameras captured a team of four skilled thieves breaking into a Bethesda Mercedes dealership. In roughly 15 minutes, they maneuvered four Mercedes, including a $200,000 Mercedes G-Wagon, outside and escaped.
These thefts are among 55,000 auto crimes committed in Montgomery County over the past three years, according to police records.
Months after the thefts, the 7News I-Team was at the Port of Baltimore when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted two of the cars stolen from the Bethesda dealership. The cars, valued at more than $400,000, were discovered before they disappeared overseas.
READ | WATCH: 4 suspects break into auto dealership, drive off with 1 BMW and 3 Mercedes
by Mitch Blacher Mon, July 24th 2023, 2:01 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (7News) Surveillance cameras captured a team of four skilled thieves breaking into a Bethesda Mercedes dealership. In roughly 15 minutes, they maneuvered four Mercedes, including a $200,000 Mercedes G-Wagon, outside and escaped.
These thefts are among 55,000 auto crimes committed in Montgomery County over the past three years, according to police records.
Months after the thefts, the 7News I-Team was at the Port of Baltimore when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted two of the cars stolen from the Bethesda dealership. The cars, valued at more than $400,000, were discovered before they disappeared overseas.
READ | WATCH: 4 suspects break into auto dealership, drive off with 1 BMW and 3 Mercedes
Thieves steal cars off the Bethesda showroom floor. (7News)
The shipping container manifest indicated one car was destined for West Africa, but an X-ray scan revealed three cars inside. 7News' cameras rolled as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents opened the shipping containers gate, revealing the dealer plates intact and providing critical evidence for the ongoing investigation.
Police have not made any arrests for the thefts, but the cars have been returned to the dealership.
ALSO READ | Auto crimes skyrocket in DC, Maryland and Virginia, data shows
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Cars stolen from DC, Maryland and Virginia intercepted at Port of Baltimore: 7News I-Team (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2023
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Best_man23
(4,898 posts)1. The "Grain of Salt" you need with any Sinclair TV station
DFW
(54,405 posts)2. If the cops and the media knew in advance when and where the cars were being shipped from
And they have made NO arrests?
Then they know who the little fish are, but are waiting to see if they cant catch the organizers.