Gang jailed over £2.6m spree of raids on businesses

A gang of professional burglars which raided businesses around the West Midlands in a £2.6m crime spree has been dismantled by our detectives. The five-strong gang, from Wolverhampton, would spend hours at sites as they stole metal and other goods using heavy-duty plant and machinery belonging to the business targeted. They would steal vehicles from the firms, and use others on cloned plates, to take the material back to their base at an industrial unit on Watery Lane, Wolverhampton, and are believed to have sold on the metal to unscrupulous scrap dealers.