Cars worth £75,000 taken by burglars

POLICE are investigating links between a series of break-ins in a leafy Stockport suburb where luxury German cars worth £75,000 were stolen.

Thieves got into a home on Green Pastures, Heaton Mersey, between Wednesday at 11.30pm and Thursday at 8.15am last week.

A ground floor window had been left open and the keys to a silver £20,000 Mercedes Benz V180 were taken and the vehicle was driven away.

On the same morning a family returned to their home on Cavendish Road, Heaton Mersey to find their BMW 420 worth £25,000 had been stolen. A window had been forced open some time between the early hours of October 10 and 7.40am on Thursday.

Thieves used the ‘hook and cane’ method to fish keys to a brand new Mercedes C220 - worth £30,000 - out through a letterbox at another Heaton Mersey home in the early hours of October 10 and stole the car. Police have appealed for witnesses to all the burglaries and are looking at whether the same gang is responsible.

Inspector Stephen Gilbertson, from Stockport police, said: “We are checking CCTV in the immediate area and road cameras further afield.

“We are also looking for forensic opportunities at the scene and into the possibility the burglaries may be linked.”

Last month a spate of car break-ins where items were stolen from vehicles was reported.

They took place in Heaton Moor with Sibley Road and Heathcote Avenue among the streets affected.

Victims said they were struggling to get insurance companies to pay out as there was no sign of forced entry. They believe thieves used electronic devices to bypass locks and alarms.

Thieves also broke into Burnage Rugby Club, Battersea Road, Heaton Mersey, between October 10 and October 12 and stole power tools worth a total of £1,650.