LUXURY cars are being stolen by hi-tech thieves who reprogramme the vehicles’ keyless ignition systems. Fourteen Land Rovers and Range Rovers, some worth £40,000, have been taken across East Lancashire in the past month. Police said the crooks hacked into the cars’ diagnostic systems to disable locks and start the ignition. Owners of the top-of-the-range models which include the Discovery, Evoque, Defender Sports and Vogue, are being urged to take extra precautions to avoid becoming victims. The cars were stolen from driveways and public car parks in Mellor, Blackburn, Haslingden, Nelson, Rawtenstall and Whitworth. Karen Shawcross, landlady of the Holden Arms, in Grane Road, Haslingden, where the latest theft happened, saw it take place out of her window. She said: “It happened at 3.40 in the afternoon which is really shocking. I was on the phone at the window and I saw them drive off. “I thought they must have been in a bit of a hurry. “There were about 12 horse boxes and cars on the car park because the Holcombe Hunt had been in. “We saw a car come onto the car park and then one of the men got out and into the Land Rover. “It is […]
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