How thieves can steal your car without even taking your key: Mercedes is taken from owner’s driveway in just ONE minute using ‘relay boxes’ to connect with key INSIDE the house and unlock the car
The two hooded criminals were able to override the Mercedes’ security system
Gang use pair of relay boxes to pick up signal from key inside house to unlock it
Luxury car was opened, reversed and driven up the road within a minute
Theft was in the Elmdon area of Solihull, Birmingham at 9pm on September 25
Police advising drivers to put keys in a safe, switch them off and use a wheel lock
By MARTIN ROBINSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 November 2017
Police have today released one of the first CCTV films of a high-tech ‘relay’ car theft in the UK where a gang stole an expensive new car in a minute without needing its keys.
The two hooded criminals were able to override the Mercedes’ security system in the Elmdon area of Solihull, Birmingham at 9pm on September 25 and the luxury vehicle has never been recovered.
The footage shows the men pull up outside the victim’s house. One can be seen waving a relay box in front of property, which searches for a signal from the key inside the house and transmits it to the second box next to the car.
CCTV footage shows the men waiting briefly for the relay boxes to connect before the Mercedes’ lights flash and the doors are opened.
The thieves then drive off with the whole crime only taking one minute to complete.
The thefts are becoming so widespread that drivers have been advised to take precautions as storing it in a safe because metal can repel relay signals and using a traditional steering wheel lock.
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