Luxury cars belonging to Premier League footballers have been recovered on a cargo ship bound for Dubai.
The Ferrari and Range Rover Sport belong to two unnamed Premier League footballers, said to have international caps between them, and were recovered by the Essex Police force in the UK.
According to the police force, the footballers’ cars are among the 517 vehicles or parts of vehicles, with a combined value of more than $20.1m, that the unit has recovered so far in 2023.
Officers located the vehicles in shipping containers scheduled to travel to Dubai from London Gateway Port in Thurrock.
Our @EP_SVIU have tracked down and retuned cars belonging to two Premier League footballers.
— Essex Police (@EssexPoliceUK) August 27, 2023
The Ferrari and Range Rover Sport are among the 517 vehicles or parts of vehicles – with a combined value of more than £16m – recovered so far in 2023.https://t.co/hofCqOWN1L pic.twitter.com/7QYZYvxiag
A police statement said: “Once a car is taken, thieves may look to quickly sell it on, even for way under the market value, strip it for parts, or ship either the whole car or parts of the car to areas including the Middle East and Africa.
“There, the vehicles can be sold for two or three times more than they would cost in the UK”.
