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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Jul 25, 2023, 06:29 AM Jul 2023

Cars stolen from DC, Maryland and Virginia intercepted at Port of Baltimore: 7News I-Team

WJLA is owned by Sinclair, so I take their investigative reports with a grain of salt. This one looks as if it's on the up-and-up. WJLA ran it on the evening news last night.

Cars stolen from DC, Maryland and Virginia intercepted at Port of Baltimore: 7News I-Team

by Mitch Blacher Mon, July 24th 2023, 2:01 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (7News) — Surveillance cameras captured a team of four skilled thieves breaking into a Bethesda Mercedes dealership. In roughly 15 minutes, they maneuvered four Mercedes, including a $200,000 Mercedes G-Wagon, outside and escaped.

These thefts are among 55,000 auto crimes committed in Montgomery County over the past three years, according to police records.

Months after the thefts, the 7News I-Team was at the Port of Baltimore when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted two of the cars stolen from the Bethesda dealership. The cars, valued at more than $400,000, were discovered before they disappeared overseas.

READ | WATCH: 4 suspects break into auto dealership, drive off with 1 BMW and 3 Mercedes




Thieves steal cars off the Bethesda showroom floor. (7News)

The shipping container manifest indicated one car was destined for West Africa, but an X-ray scan revealed three cars inside. 7News' cameras rolled as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents opened the shipping container’s gate, revealing the dealer plates intact and providing critical evidence for the ongoing investigation.

Police have not made any arrests for the thefts, but the cars have been returned to the dealership.

ALSO READ | Auto crimes skyrocket in DC, Maryland and Virginia, data shows

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Cars stolen from DC, Maryland and Virginia intercepted at Port of Baltimore: 7News I-Team (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP
The "Grain of Salt" you need with any Sinclair TV station Best_man23 Jul 2023 #1
If the cops and the media knew in advance when and where the cars were being shipped from DFW Jul 2023 #2

DFW

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2. If the cops and the media knew in advance when and where the cars were being shipped from
Tue Jul 25, 2023, 06:47 AM
Jul 2023

And they have made NO arrests?

Then they know who the little fish are, but are waiting to see if they can’t catch the organizers.

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