Police find £300k of stolen cars at 'chop shop'

The owner of a BMW said he had tracked his vehicle to the industrial site

More than £300,000 worth of stolen vehicles have been found in a "sophisticated chop shop," police have said.

A Porsche Taycan, Range Rover and several BMWs were all discovered inside an industrial unit on St Neots Road in Madingley, Cambridgeshire, on Monday.

Officers said they were taken from across London, Scotland and Essex.

Cambridgeshire's rural crime action team said they used enhanced tracking systems to bypass the jamming devices and recover the stolen vehicles.

Sgt Tom Nuttall said "this was clearly a highly organised, sophisticated operation"

The discovery was made after police were called at about 03:00 BST on Monday.

The owner of a BMW, whose car had been stolen from London, said its tracking system had indicated it was near a farm in Madingley.

Officers traced the vehicle to an industrial unit where they discovered the BMW and nine other stolen vehicles.

They also found a professional jamming device used to block tracking signals.

A professional jamming device, used to block tracking signals in cars, was found at the unit

Sgt Tom Nuttall, from the rural crime action team, said: "This was clearly a highly organised, sophisticated operation, equipped with advanced technology to obstruct our efforts, and utilising a farm to hide their operation."

The investigation was ongoing, he said.