Machete-wielding thugs storm into prosperous Chelsea to steal Ferraris

Machete-wielding thugs have stormed into prosperous Chelsea to steal Ferraris and £100,000 watches from terrified residents earlier than bragging about their hauls on social media. 

Gangs of thieves reportedly use key jammers to steal Ferraris and Range Rovers in addition to machetes to slice £100,000 watches off their victims’ wrists within the space of West London, the place lots of Britain’s uber-rich reside. 

James Thompson, chair of heritage group The Chelsea Society, informed the Sun: ‘We have had a spate of machete guys going for ladies and taking their watches.

‘One occurred proper reverse, they mentioned “if you don’t give us your ring we’ll cut your fingers off”.’

Videos on TikTok present the criminals boasting about their stealing sprees.

Gangs of thieves have reportedly used key jammers to steal Ferraris and Range Rovers in addition to machetes to slice £100,000 watches off their victims’ wrists in Chelsea, West London (pictured right here: folks trying into vehicles)

Videos on TikTok present the criminals boasting about their stealing sprees. This balaclava-clad thug confirmed the stolen Ferrari he drove down a Central London avenue

Chelsea was just lately named the UK’s most costly place to dwell, with Tite Street main as the most costly highway with common home costs of £30million.

One of the houses on Tite Street has a non-public safety staff and a guard canine squad to guard the property and its homeowners after crime is reportedly getting worse within the space. 

Chauffeur Asen informed the Sun that one among his shoppers was robbed at knife level in 2021. 

The thieves sliced his £100,000 Patek Philippe watch off his wrist as he sat exterior a complicated cafe.  

His shopper was allegedly scarred by the incident, which prompted him to dump his total £1.5million watch assortment.

Other residents fell sufferer to burglaries. 

One lady had £20,000 value of jewelry and tech stolen in a home invasion six months in the past, throughout which the burglar ‘went by each drawer ranging from the underside to the highest’. 

The identical lady had a Mini Cooper and a Land Rover taken by thieves. 

For her Land Rover, the criminals used a cloning package, which scans a home for a automotive key and mimics the important thing. She mentioned they gained entry to her car in ’15 seconds’. 

Theft of luxurious vehicles has been a rising concern in London after seven Ferraris had been stolen within the Kensington and Chelsea borough simply in July. 

A couple of of those thefts had been possible pushed by a ransom-wear hack of the corporate’s IT programs earlier this yr.

In a viral TikTok video, a balaclava-clad thief could be seen boasting concerning the stolen Ferrari he’s driving down a Central London avenue within the video. He mentioned: ‘No one’s out right here doing it like me bruv.’

Another video reveals the speedy theft of a £250,000 Ferrari 812 Superfast, which was damaged into and pushed off in simply 30 seconds.

Theft of luxurious vehicles has been a rising concern in London after seven Ferraris had been stolen within the Kensington and Chelsea borough simply in July (pictured: a doorbell digicam caught the second a Ferrari was stolen)

Footage from a Ring doorbell digicam reveals folks strolling round luxurious vehicles parked on a Chelsea avenue

Footage from a Ring doorbell digicam reveals folks strolling round luxurious vehicles parked on a Chelsea avenue. 

They had been casually trying into the vehicles in broad daylight, with one even utilizing a torch to peek by the tinted home windows of a Tesla. 

Mr Thompson mentioned automotive theft within the space is so widespread now that residents try to hold their keys from being scanned by placing them in steel containers. 

The spate of automotive thefts within the space additionally presents insurance coverage points. Geoff Waters, 81, was informed he could not get his £125,000 Porsche Boxster convertible insured till it is fitted with a tracker.

Mr Waters, who has been dwelling in Chelsea for 45 years, mentioned he’s conscious concerning the current hike of automotive thefts within the space, however added that the tracker would value practically £700.

MailOnline has approached Met Police for remark.