UK COMPUTERS STOLENThieves Go On Rampage (from Ealing Times) STOLEN car is being linked to two burglaries where more than £50,000 worth of computer equipment was stolen.

Police are linking a silver Mercedes-Benz estate car which has been used in three separate incidents in the space of four days.

The car was taken from a residential address in Hounslow on April 28 and was used as a getaway car on April 30 after a theft from a car.

A 43-year-old man was sitting in traffic in his silver Renault Megane, in Ritz Parade, Hangar Lane, at about 5.30pm on April 30 with the front passenger window open.

A man approached the car and reached into the front passenger seat and stole a black leather briefcase. He then got into a silver Mercedes, registration P722 NPV, which drove off into Connell Crescent, Ealing.

The same car was seen near Brittania Way, Acton, on May 2 before more than £50,000 worth of Apple Macintosh computers were stolen from an office between the hours of 5pm and 8pm the next day.

Thieves made off with six Apple Mac towers after gaining entry through a toilet window.

At about 9.10pm on May 3 the silver car with the same registration mark was seen near Enotria Winesellers, Chandos Road, North Acton, when two more computers were stolen after thieves smashed a 3ft pane of glass to gain entry.

On April 30, a thin white man with ginger hair tried to gain entry to the office in Britannia Way, North Acton, but failed.

Police believe he was scanning the premises prior to the burglary.

The thief who took the briefcase is also described as white, aged 20 to 25, 5ft 7ins tall with short brown hair and was of athin build.

Anyone with information should contact police on 020 8246 9441


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