Two stolen luxury cars found chopped up in a trailer bound for Lithuania

Gardaí say the BMW and Audi were both stolen from Rathfarnham.

Operation Waste-DMR Traffic assisted by Stolen Motor Vehicle Unit & TFS Waste Mngt discover chopped 2012 Audi Q5 1of2 pic.twitter.com/xffQOWn0Mm
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) August 18, 2015

An Garda Síochána / Twitter

GARDAÍ HAVE SHARED two pictures of two stolen cars that have been chopped up and loaded inside a trailer destined for Lithuania.

The pictures display parts from a 2012 Audi Q5 and a 2008 BMW 318 that were stolen from Rathfarnham and discovered by gardaí.

They were discovered inside a trailer by gardaí involved in Operation Waste which is specifically targeted at the theft of vehicles and their exportation.

Many of the vehicles dismantled and smuggled out of the country are thought to end up in Eastern Europe or West Africa.

Gardaí say that the trailer they discovered with the two chopped up cars inside were destined for Lithuania.

Operation Waste-and 2008 BMW 318 both stolen from Rathfarnham inside a trailer destined for Lithuania 2o2 pic.twitter.com/sa9XVvmPhD
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) August 18, 2015

An Garda Síochána / Twitter

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