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Old 06-05-2007, 09:47 PM   #1
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Default Stolen car racket. 700 cars seized!

This is in Canada. Some racket.



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It’s a startling statistic; most people have, or at least know of somebody that has had their car stolen. It’s a leaves sickening taste in your mouth that is not one easily removed. When police in Canada walked into what they believed to be a legitimate scrap yard, they received the shock of their lives.

Found were no less than 700 stolen vehicles being stripped down and sold off for parts. The 100,000 sq. ft. are contained ripped-off items strewn everywhere from brake discs to headlights, complete motors to airbags. Police described the area as simply staggering.

The scrap yard, located north of Montreal, contained a vast variety of acquired motor vehicles that included high end varieties such as Mercedes-Benz’ and BMW’s. Police had noted that some cars contained zero miles on their odometers and were even stacked on top of each other.

Needless to say a few people have been arrested over the stash, and I’d say will be visiting the big house for quite some time. Something tells me that the police owe a lot of this find to watching Gone in 60 Seconds

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Old 06-05-2007, 10:32 PM   #2
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dammmn. that musta been going on for ages
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:12 PM   #3
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Jeez.. that's scary!
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:33 PM   #4
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Dam, i wonder how they caught them
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:39 PM   #5
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Maybe someone found it using Google Earth LOL.
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:55 PM   #6
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I found out about it on the Street Fords website, but doing a search, here it is on Google Earth.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.006437&z=18
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Old 07-05-2007, 12:57 AM   #7
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Its amazing how the cops didnt get some sort of tip off sooner, 700 good cars in a scrap yard would be pretty sus.
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:37 AM   #8
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Looks like Pick a Part!

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Old 07-05-2007, 09:21 AM   #9
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yeah well u-pullit is bigger and more organised, though the crime suspect area is a "little smaller" lol

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Old 07-05-2007, 09:26 AM   #10
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Thats unbelievable! talk about brainless......
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Any GTHOs make their way to Canada? :P
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Old 07-05-2007, 06:46 PM   #12
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0 miles? What are they stealing them off the end of the production line?
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0 miles? What are they stealing them off the end of the production line?
the shop front windows, warehouses, peoples garages while doing their stuff at night....didnt you watch gone in 60 seconds?? :P

pretty scarey that could happen, whos to say that half the mustang scrap yard in the US isnt stolen either?? there was a lot of them
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That unbelievable. How did they go on to 700 cars unnotice in an open yard like that. Canada Cops sure are dumb for letting it go on for such a long to unnotice!
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