Locked up? Thief brings stolen $200G McLaren to get new locks, gets caught instead
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was practically asking to get caught.
(SWNS)
A car thief in Birmingham, U.K. was caught on Sunday after bringing the $200,000 Mclaren 570S he’s stolen to a garage to get a new set of locks put on it.
The car had been snatched from the apartment garage of a man who was out of the country. The building concierge noticed it had disappeared in his absence and alerted the police, SWNS reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Investigators were able to find the car and track it back to the 31-year-old crook’s address, where he was arrested and charged with fraud by false representation and theft of a motor vehicle.
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"Thinking about stealing a 200k super car? Think again!!! City centre team 4 have got you covered. 1 in custody for theft of a motor vehicle and fraud. Most importantly one happy owner," the West Midlands Police tweeted following the arrest.