Gardaí smash lucrative car scam

SPECIALIST and local gardaí, backed up by the Criminal Assets Bureau, have broken up a massive “cabbing” scam in the midlands and south-east.

Criminals operating the trade — in which the cab or shell of a stolen car is put onto the chassis of a crashed car — can earn about €15,000 on each car sold.

Investigators have established that criminals are using tow trucks to steal high-value jeeps and cars from apartment car parks.