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    Posted: 09-March-2010 at 15:36
Originally posted by BBC News BBC News wrote:

A £40,000 car which once belonged to criminals in Glasgow is now being used by the police in the fight against serious crime.

The black Q7 was seized by officers from Strathclyde police during an operation against a criminal gang in the north of the city.

The 4x4 car has now been emblazoned with the force's livery and will be used by the Gangs Task Force.

Link to full story - here

... and they say crime doesn't pay 

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Yeah a seen that yesterday .... thought they could buy one a week with the fines they dish out ...

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Wonder what the legalities of that are in terms of Audi warranty etc.  Must have been a fairly new machine and in good nick for plod to take it over. 
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Be good if they still had spare key and went and blagged it back

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Originally posted by alanross alanross wrote:

Be good if they still had spare key and went and blagged it back

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Now that would be a good laff.
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How would it work if it wasnt HPI clear ....lol

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Originally posted by HairyHaggis HairyHaggis wrote:

How would it work if it wasnt HPI clear ....lol

Nah it will have been bought with readies not on the never never.
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Originally posted by nero nero wrote:


Originally posted by BBC News BBC News wrote:

A £40,000 car which once belonged to criminals in Glasgow is now being used by the police in the fight against serious crime.

The
black Q7 was seized by officers from Strathclyde police during an
operation against a criminal gang in the north of the city.

The 4x4 car has now been emblazoned with the force's livery and will be used by the Gangs Task Force.

Link to full story - here

... and they say crime doesn't pay 


what is the world coming to?

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Originally posted by Andrew Rolland Andrew Rolland wrote:

Wonder what the legalities of that are

That's a good point - one way of looking at it could be (playing devils advocate here) that the BiB have stolen the car...

I wonder what happens with the V5 and registered keeper?



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Originally posted by stephenperry stephenperry wrote:

Originally posted by Andrew Rolland Andrew Rolland wrote:

Wonder what
the legalities of that are


That's a good point - one way of looking at it could be
(playing devils advocate here) that the BiB have stolen the
car... board.co.uk/smileys/puzzled.gif">


I wonder what happens with the V5 and registered keeper?



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Originally posted by muppet 2 muppet 2 wrote:


Answer is in the follow up story in stevies post

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