By Steven Symes 
Land Rover theft is bad in the US but in the UK it’s an epidemic, with some owners chaining their SUVs to trees in London. But even police were shocked when they found the famed Nottingham Forest was being used to hide dozens of the stolen luxury SUVs.
Watch police PIT a stolen Range Rover into the stratosphere.
In a press release, Nottinghamshire Police said thanks to drones buzzing overhead and officers walking for miles upon miles, they’ve been able to track down the stolen Land Rovers hidden away in the thick vegetation.
We suppose with how thick the famed forest where Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men supposedly hid from the Sheriff of Nottingham, stashing gold and other valuables stolen from the rich, there could still be some luxury SUVs undiscovered by authorities.
Considering police say on average a Land Rover, be it a Discovery, Range Rover, or Defender, is stolen in the region on average every 10 days, there could be one or two still hidden away in the forest. Officers have found them stashed in other places, including on farms (without the farmer’s knowledge or consent) and in the city of Newark.
Keep in mind this isn’t a heavily populated area like London, so to have that many of the luxury SUVs swiped in a year is a big deal. Someone, or more likely a group of people, has been very busy pilfering Land Rovers.
Owners have said there’s a huge security flaw in modern Land Rovers which allow thieves to take them in just a few minutes, if not less time. We assume since it’s the same company Jaguars have the same vulnerability, but apparently even thieves don’t want those since they’re probably not worth the low effort.
It’s the Land Rovers they really want to steal, and they do in such high quantities that insurance premiums for them in some parts of the UK are ridiculously high.
Image via Nottinghamshire Police