Police are appealing after six high-powered cars including Audis, Mercedes and BMW's were stolen from a vehicle compound in the early hours of the morning. 

The commercial burglary incident, which happened on Gatherley Road, A6055, between 12.40am and 1.15am on Tuesday (January 16) in the Brompton-on-Swale area, is being investigated by police.

It happened after a group of suspects forced entry to a vehicle compound.

Once inside, they took the high-powered performance vehicles and are understood to have driven towards the Darlington area and continued into Cumbria.

It is believed that the vehicles have been driven by the suspects displaying dealership plates over the number plates.

The vehicles that have been stolen include:

  • Grey BMW Coupe
  • Black BMW 5 Series
  • Black Mercedes Benz C Class
  • Black Audi Q7
  • Purple Mercedes Benz E Class
  • Blue Ford Focus

The blue Ford Focus was found by officers abandoned and crashed at Barton Truckstop and has been recovered by police.

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police added: "We are requesting the public’s assistance to help establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.

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"In particular, we are appealing for any information relating to any vehicles seen driving in the area matching those stolen and displaying dealership plates or any CCTV or dash-cam footage that may have captured something.

"We are also looking for information relating to the crashed blue Ford Focus which was found at Barton Truckstop.

Anyone with information that could assist the investigation should email force.control@northyorkshire.police.uk or by calling North Yorkshire Police on 101, quoting reference number 12240008941.