Car thieves jailed in London

Two men were jailed in London yesterday after vehicles stolen in west London were shipped to Ireland.

Two men were jailed in London yesterday after vehicles stolen in west London were shipped to Ireland.

Operation Bolinus was wound up yesterday with the jailing of the two men at Isleworth Crown Court.

Michael Hanigan (35), of Ballybrien, Ballylanders, Co Limerick, and his nephew, Lee Hanigan (21), of Matthews Road, Wood End Estate, Greenford, west London, were found guilty by a jury of conspiring to handle stolen cars between December 1992 and their arrest last year.

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