British Carjackers Get Themselves Caught After Posting "Cash Sandwich" Photos
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British Carjackers Get Themselves Caught After Posting "Cash Sandwich" Photos



The original car thieves, the ones you see portrayed in movies, who used to steal a car with only the use of a bent clothes hanger, then have the vehicle stripped and sold in mere hours are gone. Their modern day equivalent is nowhere near as glamorous and daredevil-ish as one might imagine – nowadays they post “cash sandwich” photos on Facebook, to lead the cops straight to them.

This story is about a prolific group of car thieves, which were into stealing high-end cars, breaking into high-end homes and committing high-risk burglaries. A total of 15 such break-ins were reported in London posher districts.

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