Range Rover thefts spate continues in Brighton and Hove

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Red Range Rover Evoque (illustration purposes)Image source, Getty Images
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One of the 15 cars taken was a red Range Rover Evoque similar to the one in this picture

Two more Range Rovers have been stolen from outside homes in Brighton and Hove, Sussex Police has said.

A blue vehicle was taken from the driveway of a house in Graham Avenue in Brighton on Saturday morning.

A grey Range Rover Evoque was stolen between 22:00 BST on Sunday and 05:30 on Monday from Denmark Villas in Hove.

So far 15 of the 4x4s have been taken since 23 January. Each time the vehicles were driven away without the driver having had the keys.

'Bypassing security systems'

Det Insp Julie Wakeford said: "The thefts are the first of their kind for four weeks in Brighton and Hove.

"The thieves have not needed the keys to any of the vehicles to steal them so they must be using kit that allows them to get past the vehicles' security systems and means they can start the cars."

Six of the vehicles have now been recovered but the others are still missing.

Four men from Brighton, aged 27, 28, 31 and 49, a 23-year-old man from London and a 33-year-old man from Eastbourne are all currently on bail after being arrested on suspicion of the theft of Range Rovers.

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