A gang who stole high-end cars worth nearly £3 million were captured on camera as they queued up for a McDonald’s drive thru in one of the thieved cars.
The eight-person gang broke into peoples’ homes during the night to steal car keys before making off in expensive Range Rovers, BMWs and Mercedes.
Police caught the gang after raiding a pub in east London’s Manor Park belonging to the father of the gang’s ringleader, Manjit Sandhu, 32, where they found bags of stolen car keys in the basement.
Sandhu went into hiding but police tracked him and his fellow gang members down during raids at their home addresses.
Police discovered the gang had carried out more 120 crimes between March 2015 and August last year, working out as more than seven a month.
Sandhu, from Hornchurch, Heena Bux, 21, from Leytonstone, Khuram Zaman, 20, from Walhamstow and Mohammed Islam, 21, from Forest Gate, were all found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to steal
Sufiyan Mahmood, 19, and Faisal Khan, 23, both from Forest Gate, both pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit burglary and to steal. Humzah Bhariwala, 23, also from Forest Gate, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary while Geoffrey Cairns, 55, from Romford was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary after having pled guilty to conspiracy to steal.
All eight are due to be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on April 11 and 12.
