I tracked down my stolen £50k Mercedes but when I told cops they REFUSED to get it back…I’ve had to send my wife instead

A DRIVER thought he’d gotten fortunate erstwhile helium tracked his stolen Mercedes to a store conscionable circular the country from a constabulary presumption - but present claims cops are refusing to look for it.

The 45-year-old installed an AirTag successful his luxury £50,000 car successful lawsuit helium ever forgot wherever he’d parked it.

But erstwhile the achromatic Mercedes GLS was stolen from his location successful Acton, westbound London, successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday October 16, helium alternatively utilized it to hint the thieves’ movements.

The dad-of-three, who works astatine a consulting firm, watched arsenic his car was near successful a parkland for 7 hours.

He claims it was past moved to a store successful eastbound London - conscionable a five-minute thrust from Grays Police Station.

The dada believes that criminals are disassembling the car successful bid to merchantability its parts.

Now, helium says that a constabulary serviceman has completed a cursory cheque of the country but failed to supply further assistance.

Correspondence seen by The Sun shows however the unit said they could spot nary motion of the car successful the determination provided.

Speaking to The Sun, the fuming car proprietor said: “The strategy is wholly broken. Nobody cares. The police, they don’t care. Even erstwhile they are told wherever the stolen car is.

“The thieves tin bash immoderate they privation due to the fact that nary 1 is going to bash thing astir it.

“It’s ridiculous, there’s a constabulary presumption virtually 5 minutes thrust from the garage."

Meanwhile, his woman has since gone to look for the car connected her ain portion helium travels for business.

He added: “My woman is Ukrainian, that’s wherefore she’s truthful brave. I’ve been trying to person her not to spell there.

“She’s going to spot perchance a transgression organisation connected her ain due to the fact that nary 1 cares.

“What’s happening is that each these constabulary forces are throwing the shot betwixt themselves."

His woman told america however she was already near frightened aft their neighbour's car was stolen astir a week ago.

She said: "At this infinitesimal I americium upset with the car being stolen but besides however the constabulary works and however they treated me.

"I thinks thieves cognize astir this and they instrumentality vantage of it."

On the aforesaid Wednesday the car was stolen, the mum claims that she went to Grays Police presumption which is adjacent wherever the airtag was traced.

But she alleges that aft explaining herself, they said it was not their jurisdiction and suggested she "go herself".

She says they besides told her: "We don't person officers available, this is not an emergency."

After, calling aggregate constabulary forces the mum says she went to the store contempt being "frightened and frightened of what mightiness happen".

She said: "When I went wrong I knew looking for this airtag would beryllium truthful hard, similar uncovering a needle successful a haystack.

"There was a spot you tin instrumentality cars apart, repaint it. There is different spot with disassembled cars that showed the aerial tag but it was filled with each sorts of parts similar doors, wheels and engines."

She claims that contempt providing accusation and the nonstop location, cops support asking her to get the aerial tag myself.

The mum added: "The Air tag has conscionable been lying determination and I don't deliberation determination volition beryllium immoderate fingerprints oregon thing now.

"All this effort and clip is conscionable wasted."

She continued: "I americium truly feeling scared, this happened successful beforehand of my home, metres from my bedroom.

"What volition halt different idiosyncratic from doing this?

"They could travel into my house, bargain my TV, valuables."

Police person promised her that they volition effort propulsion it and nonstop it to investigation units for stolen cars but she has not heard thing back.

The mum said she has spoken to the lawsuit researcher connected Monday successful the hopes of securing a warrant, but has not had a effect yet.

The household purchased the Mercedes successful January 2022.

The Met Police and Essex Police person been contacted for remark by The Sun.