Masked raiders have carried out a Gone In 60 Seconds-style heist by smashing into a luxury car showroom and making off with a Mercedes and a BMW valued at £85,000. Owners of Whitson Prestige Car Vehicle Sales & Brokerage say one of the cars, a BMW X3m, had already been sold. It was due to be collected by a customer last Sunday morning, only for it to be stolen just hours earlier.
Gwent Police are investigating the thefts which come amid reports of similar recent raids on car dealers across Newport. A pair of hooded thieves blasted through windows before forcing open a key box and wedged apart the garage doors to drive out of a family-run car firm in Wales Owners of Whitson Prestige Car Vehicle Sales & Brokerage have revealed images of the destruction wreaked by the raiders at their showroom in Newport Showroom owners and police have appealed for helping tracing the cars which included a BMW X3m with the registration LC71 VDX Also taken last Sunday was a Mercedes C43 with the registration RF19 JVN The firm run by father-and-son duo Rory and Jon Collingbourne said in a statement: 'We are completely devastated. 'As a family-run business, we have worked incredibly hard over the years to build a strong reputation for the sale of prestige and sports cars.
.. Aidan Radnedge.
