6000 vehicles stolen in Albuquerque each year

[bigsallysmom]

2nd highest in the United States. 
That is an awful lot of vehicles.  Wonder where they are all going?

 

[Every Road Leads Home]

They need to do some episodes of "Bait Car" there. For anyone that's never seen the show, it's where police bait car thieves with one of their own undercover cars that they can shut off with a remote switch and follow via gps and helicopter. It also locks the doors and prevents the windows from rolling down.

Here's a clip from the show.

 

[IanC]

Reading more on the story I see that many of the cars stolen in New Mexico end up in Mexico and that the drug cartels also operate car theft rings - Honda Accords being the number one stolen car, as they are in the rest of the country.

I remember reading a story about container loads of stolen cars being shipped to the Middle East. They say that is likely where ISIS gets all those Toyota Hiluxes too.

 

[DannyB1954]

4 wheel drive vehicles are a major target as well. (some of the Mexico roads are not so good).

 

[highdesertranger]

that's exactly where most are going, south. highdesertranger

 

[RVTravel]

Use an old smart phone as car locator?

 

[RVTravel]

Use an old smart phone as car locator?

After a search, this only works if you have an internet connection (cellular service, device on, maybe other settings on).

 

[rvpopeye]

The battery would die too quick

 

[Mobilesport]

The battery would die too quick

Usb charger cable tapped into 12 volts under the vehicle?

 

[Gary68]

 

[Wanderer]

2nd highest in the United States. 
That is an awful lot of vehicles.  Wonder where they are all going?

Chop shops, move parts around the country, sell the stolen cars overseas....Stolen $50K car here is worth $22K cash in another country and you can fit 4-8 of them in a 52' container....$30K to ship, the rest is pure profit.

 

[mockturtle]

The rate is pretty high in Yuma, too, and yes, they go across the border and are never sought.