Black Country gang who carried out series of planned raids jailed for 30 years
A Black Country gang who took part in a 'highly organised conspiracy' to steal products and tractor trailers from companies including those located in Walsall, Oldbury, Willenhall and Telford have been locked up for 30 years.
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In a two day sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown Court, Judge Michael Chambers KC said none of the nine men played a small part in the operation, between October 2019 and February 2022 - all had either a significant or leading role.
The operation saw various members of the group take part in 19 raids during that time, often using a white Scania tractor unit before breaking into mainly large firms situated on industrial parks and taking trailers and the stock they contained. The court heard it was so well planned, most of them took less than ten minutes.
One raid, at Globex Transport in Walsall in the early hours of July 1 2021, saw £20,000 worth of toilet paper stolen which was due to be delivered to Poundland as people were stockpiling it during the coronavirus pandemic.
Other items taken included £50k worth of baby milk on an operation in Oldbury, gin and other alcohol, galaxy chocolate, a de-humidifier and other industrial equipment and in Telford, electric cycles worth £47,000.
In another raid in Walsall and one in Willenhall they stole over £190,000 of copper and in the Telford incident, the court heard they returned to the scene of their first crime to look for more cycles. The tractor trailers they stole and usually abandoned were worth on average £16k.
