Four charged over 20 high-value burglaries

Two police officers escort a man with a green hooded top and white shorts into the back of a police van. The van is parked on a road with houses either side.Image source, Cheshire Police
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The arrests were made following raids in Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham on Wednesday

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Four people have been charged in connection with 20 high-value burglaries in Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Cleveland.

Cheshire Police, which made the arrests, said the charges related to property break-ins between November 2024 and March 2025.

Three men and a woman, from Walsall and Birmingham, are charged with conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiring to possess criminal property.

A fourth man, arrested in London on Thursday as part of the investigation, remains in custody.

Endrit Nikolli, 27; George Pepa, 30; Jade Tubb, aged 33 of Crabtree Road, Walsall; along with 30-year-old Kristian Gropcaj of Gas Street, Birmingham, were set to appear before Chester Magistrates Court on Friday.

Cheshire Police said Endrit Nikolli faced an additional count of burglary in relation to a break-in in Staffordshire on Friday 1 March 2024.

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