Vehicles stolen in the Murcia and Valencia region have been broken up and then transported to Africa for spare parts .The gang who has been involved in this was recently arrested in Torrevieja , stripping down between 10 and 15 cars each week .

The suspects are all Moroccan and most of them have convictions for similar crimes . As well as straight forward thefts , they would rent cars with false documentation and then not return them . An isolated house in Elche was the workshop and a car could be stripped in three hours . The parts were transported to Norh Africa and then reassembled for sale .

More than 7000 stolen cars have been recovered and a total of 60 other thefts have been cleared up .

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