Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox More than 600 cars have been stolen in the region in the last two months.
55 were taken in carjackings and 555 in burglaries across Greater Manchester. Police say gangs are buying written-off high-powered cars for minimal costs, which are then reconditioned using parts stolen from other vehicles.
This means thieves are tending to target specific makes and models, including Audis and Volkswagens, before driving them to chop shops where they are dismantled. READ MORE: Woman helped gunman in botched assassination that ended in teen's murder Several cars are taken and their parts used to rebuild the written-off vehicles, which are then sold on at
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