Police bust brothers' £120k high-end eBay 'chop shop' hidden inside mill

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Police have released video footage showing the inside of a 'chop shop' used by two brothers to break down stolen cars and sell the parts on eBay.

Connor and Kieran Maher have now been jailed for their part in the £120,000 operation in which they used a unit in a mill in Radcliffe, Bury, to break down high-end cars including BMWs, Range Rovers and Audis. They then sold the parts on to fund a 'lucrative lifestyle', the court heard.

When police uncovered the unit they found parts from at least 15 cars. Some of the cars were almost wholly intact, while some were merely wheels and panels. Many of the cars could almost be fitted back together.

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Greater Manchester Police have released footage today showing the inside of the unit. Dismantled high-end car parts can be seen carefully laid out on the floor in the same formation as they would be in the car.

The footage also shows a number of car keys hung up on a wall and the signal jammers used in the unit which would prevent GPRS trackers emitting signals and block signal to their mobile phones.

Minshull Street Crown Court was told how police first launched an investigation in March 2020 into stolen vehicle parts from across the region. They found that Connor, 29, had set up an eBay account under the name ‘connormaher92’ before changing it to ‘C.Parts’. The site substantially increased in traffic following the release of Connor and Kieran from custody for separate offences.

“A speculative search identified that eBay user account connormaher92 listed numerous vehicle parts for sale. It was clear from the adverts that the vast majority of parts were from ‘late