The gang broke into a car dealership and stole 12 luxury cars in Brazil

In a type of crime that is becoming more common in Brazil, a gang of at least 12 criminals stole an equal number of luxury cars from a car dealership in Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceara. The robbery took place this Monday in broad daylight, and the group left the company driving 12 cars selected from among the most expensive.

A group of criminals, at least one of them with a firearm, approached one of the vendors as he was picking up a car from the parking lot to leave it open on the pavement, and in addition to that car, they took the keys. others. Entering the booth, the gang overpowered the other eight employees, discovered the new keys, and began trying them out one by one on the cars on display.

Before the arrival of the police, the group quietly left in 12 selected vehicles and disappeared. Because six cars had GPS, police were able to find them early in the night, but the other six were missing until Tuesday.

According to the owner of the car dealership, after viewing footage of the robbery recorded by CCTV cameras, one of the criminals, who allegedly led the group, had already been there several times. These visits, under the pretext of doing business with a businessman, were interpreted by the police as a way to identify the location and the possibility of a robbery.

Crimes of this type, such as taking over booths by a large group in order to steal a large number of cars, are becoming frequent throughout Brazil. In São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, the target is parking lots with roomy and expensive motorcycles, usually taken over by gangs of teenagers who smash windows at dawn and leave quickly with as many powerful and expensive motorcycles as possible. before the neighbors had time to alert the police.