Six car thief suspects charged after a raid in Birmingham by West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police has charged six men with handling stolen goods after raiding a suspected chop shop in Birmingham.

The suspects, aged between 2 and 41 have been bailed to appear before Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on November 24.

The charges come after a raid at a suspected to be used as a chop shop - a place where stolen vehicles are dismantled so that the parts can be sold or used to repair other stolen vehicles.

The WMP Vehicle Crime Taskforce secured a warrant to investigate the premises on Moseley Road in Sparkbrook on Thursday morning (November 3).

A West Midlands Police pokesperson for the force said: “We recently launched a dedicated vehicle crime taskforce in response to rising levels of car theft across the region.

“The unit is able to act on emerging intelligence on crime patterns and suspects, step up patrols in hotspot areas and carry out targeted operations.

”It came into force in September and since then the number of crime theft reports is beginning to drop, we’ve made over 40 arrests, and improved our stolen vehicle recovery rate which is double to what it was this time last year.”