Thief spotted taking car carrier of BMWs, experts say it could be a global crime ring

A thief was caught on camera stealing a car carrier full of new BMWs, according to the Chamblee Police Department.

The carrier was loaded with seven SUVs and parked in a Lowe’s parking lot on Peachtree Blvd. when investigators believe someone broke in through a window.

GPS coordinates on the truck show it traveled 22 miles to Turnpoint Blvd. near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where sat for an hour and a half before taking off down Old Dixie Hwy. and Charles W. Grant Pkwy, according to the police report.

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By 10:00 am Sunday, Clayton County Police Department found the carrier and three of the SUVs. On Monday, an officer said he found another SUV parked near the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel.

That would leave three SUVs missing as of Friday evening. They have not yet found the remaining four.

“They could be in a local criminal’s backyard or garage some place, or they could be anywhere from west Africa to east Asia,” said retired FBI agent Marc Benjamin.

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