One of the Bradford car dealers busted

[michael]

Autopoint in Bradford.

 

Not sure if it has ties to any of the others but...

 

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8272465.VIDEO/

 

Police swooped on two homes and a used-car dealership in a probe into the theft of luxury cars which are then shipped to Japan.

 

Officers simultaneously raided all three addresses in the Allerton area of Bradford yesterday in a pre-planned operation designed to catch five key suspects off-guard.

 

Four men and a woman were arrested when search warrants were executed at homes in Wilmer Drive and Duckworth Lane during Operation Tartare.

 

Autopoint Ltd, in Allerton Road, was also raided. A Honda Integra Type R, a Subaru Impreza and a US-imported Ford Mustang along with 14 other cars parked on the forecourt were found.

 

Restraint Orders were placed on all the vehicles using the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, temporarily preventing the business from trading.

 

Detectives believe a gang is responsible for planning a series of ‘Hanoi-style’ burglaries in Bradford and across West Yorkshire in which car keys are stolen from the owners’ homes. Vehicles such as Bentleys, BMWs and Mercedes are believed to have been targeted.

 

Cars with a combined value of at least £500,000 have been identified in connection with the conspiracy, including 20 other vehicles identified in recent months. They include a Porsche 911, valued at £70,000, and a Bentley Continental GT, valued at £80,000. Ten of those cars have been recovered so far.

 

Police say the stolen cars have been given doctored documentation and false registration plates.

 

They have then been shipped to Japan where an agent has sold them as new, imported cars to unsuspecting consumers.

 

Other stolen vehicles have been sold in Bradford and to customers elsewhere in the UK via the internet.

 

Yesterday’s raids were the culmination of a 14-month investigation started by detectives in Kirklees working alongside Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards.

 

It was triggered by a complaint about the purchase of a car with clocked mileage in Stoke and the seizure in Bradford of a car with false plates in a shipping container.

 

Detective Inspector Phil Benson, of Kirklees CID, said: “The focus of the operation is not just to seize these vehicles but to confiscate assets accrued through these burglaries.”

 

He warned criminals involved in this type of crime that they would be targeted.

 

“Although you can’t see a visible operation, there are force-wide operations going on to stop people from doing this sort of thing,” he said.

[Westcoaster]

I bought my TT in Bradford!

 

 

But not from Autopoint!

[AJI]

The general rule is NEVER buy ANY car in Bradford

[absz]

The general rule is NEVER buy ANY car in Bradford

 

i've bought a few cars from bradford

[Scott]

I wouldn't buy a paper in bradford.

[hogmaw]

Who in Japan would want to buy a Honda imported from the UK

[Swampy442]

i've bought a few cars from bradford

 

Go from job to job very quickly??

[absz]

Go from job to job very quickly??

 

cannot hang around these days;)

[Ian W]

Who in Japan would want to buy a Honda imported from the UK

 

Quite a few actually. The 'JDM' EP3 is actually built in the UK

[Swampy442]

Quite a few actually. The 'JDM' EP3 is actually built in the UK

 

Well I never! So JDM y0 is actually Swindon y0??

[tony tt]

Good glad the robbin Bas##rds are out of business. Cost me a fortune to look at a car there at one time it was that bad i got pulled from special branch at leeds airport askin who i was buyin the car from and was told the mo fo was under survailance! Not good needless to say i never bought the car!

[Pete]

The national photography museum used to be good in Bradford...apart from that just keep driving.

[Ian W]

Well I never! So JDM y0 is actually Swindon y0??

 

Yep. The really bizarre thing is that Britons pay a premium to bring the Championship White, JDM cars back to the UK

 

Granted it's the quintessential 'Type R' colour and has an LSD as standard but still...

[paddy]

That place used to be called M.I.R motors. Maybe a different owner now but they used to advertise on pistonheads a few years back.

...Well anyways a friend of mine purchased a honda integra from M.I.R. He had all kinds of issues with it ie lots of faulty and missing little parts. Mileage was another 8k more than what was advertised. The biggest problem was when he come to sell it he was told by potential buyers that his car was actually a cat d write off as they had done a hpi on his car. So he tried and tried to speak to the guy that sold him the car but they just messed him around..and then a few months down the line mir became autopoint. Pretty unlucky

[Purity14]

That place used to be called M.I.R motors. Maybe a different owner now but they used to advertise on pistonheads a few years back.

...Well anyways a friend of mine purchased a honda integra from M.I.R. He had all kinds of issues with it ie lots of faulty and missing little parts. Mileage was another 8k more than what was advertised. The biggest problem was when he come to sell it he was told by potential buyers that his car was actually a cat d write off as they had done a hpi on his car. So he tried and tried to speak to the guy that sold him the car but they just messed him around..and then a few months down the line mir became autopoint. Pretty unlucky

 

Only been clocked by 8k, id say that was actually quite lucky!

But yes, most of the car dealers in bradford will attempt to screw you.

[paddy]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=878869&d=0&nmt=

Dodgy shizzle.

[martini]

Isn't Bradford the place where it's nearly impossible to be insured on Supras?

[marbleapple]

Isn't Bradford the place where it's nearly impossible to be insured on Supras?

 

I insured mine no problems. Never see a supra in Bradford other than the one I owned and the ones being sold by the dodgy well known garages.

 

They have started a big improvment drive in Bradford. They started it by knocking the city centre down and leaving it is an empty plot of land. It would be a funny joke if it wasn't 100% true

[jevansio]

I wouldn't buy a paper in bradford.

I bought a paper in Bradford, turns out it was a ringer, used to be half OK Magazine crossed with half Playboy

[Charlotte]

They have started a big improvment drive in Bradford. They started it by knocking the city centre down and leaving it is an empty plot of land. It would be a funny joke if it wasn't 100% true

 

It's really sad actually - I was commenting on one of the old mill buildings that was up for sale (probably for years) we went passed today. There is so much potential there it's unreal.

[Charlotte]

The national photography museum used to be good in Bradford...apart from that just keep driving.

 

It still is.

[Josh]

I bought a paper in Bradford, turns out it was a ringer, used to be half OK Magazine crossed with half Playboy

 

Well for the 35p you spent, I'd say half a copy of Playboy was a good deal!

[Purity14]

Well for the 35p you spent, I'd say half a copy of Playboy was a good deal!

 

Problem was, it had been clocked.

 

It was hippy 70's porn, full of flairs and fro's, but they stuck a "2010" label over the date.

[Chris Wilson]

The only good thing to come out of Bradford is the M606, allegedly

[Ian W]

It still is.

 

Is this the one with the iMax in it?

 

I have vague memories of being taken there on a bus trip by my dad when I was young and absolutely loved it (granted that would have been about 20 years ago )