Spalding man has been charged over a spate of keyless car thefts spanning three counties.
Karolis Tauckela, 27, was arrested in Haslingfield, near Cambridge, in the early hours of Wednesday morning (19 June) by road policing officers.
On Friday (June 21), he was charged with conspiracy to steal motor vehicles estimated to exceed £600,000 within Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire between August 2023 and June 2024, handling stolen goods and going equipped for theft – namely being in possession of two vehicle frequency relay devices and an antenna booster.
Tauckela, of Cross Street, Spalding, appeared at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Friday where he was granted bail by magistrates to appear at Cambridge Crown Court on July 19.
Seven of the alleged 12 thefts are in South Holland.
They include:
- Theft of a BMW X4 from Burghley Close, Crowland, Lincolnshire, on August 6
- Attempted theft of a Volvo XC90 from Osier Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, on February 28
- Attempted theft of an Audi Q8 from Woolrom Wygate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, on February 28
- Theft of an Audi Q5 from Larkspur Way, Spalding, Lincolnshire, on February 28
- Theft of a BMW X4 from Carrington Close, Crowland, Lincolnshire, on February 28
- Attempted theft of a BMW X5 from Westerly Way, Spalding, Lincolnshire, on February 28
- Theft of a BMW 330E from Spalding Road, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on June 5
- Theft of a BMW 330E from Glenfields North, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, on June 8
- Theft of a Mercedes GLE from Snowley Park, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, on June 13
- Theft of a BMW 530D from Byron Way, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, on June 14
- Theft of a Mercedes E220 from Headlands Close, Crowland, Lincolnshire, on June 18
- Theft of a Porsche Cayenne from Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridgeshire, on June 19
A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Police said: “He has been made subject of strict bail conditions to surrender his passport to police, wear an electronic tag and must adhere to a curfew between 9pm and 6am.”
