Over the last month, at least 80 holidaymakers had their cars stolen after paying for a meet-and-greet service at Heathrow Airport, it has been reported. Travellers who paid up to £145 to Heathrow valet company Terminal Universal reported that the company’s phones were disconnected and their vehicles had gone missing.
“There was nothing we could do,” said one victim, Joanne Greedy, 39, of Cardiff.
She told The Sun: “So in the end we paid £100 for a train home.”
The Met Police have discovered 70 stolen cars, some of which were discovered in a field in Chertsey, Surrey, about 15 miles from the airport.
A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of theft and later released pending further investigation.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Detectives based at Heathrow Airport are investigating a number of reports of stolen vehicles linked to a meet and greet parking service which operated from the airport.
“Over the last month, police have received around 80 separate reports of vehicles, which had been left in the care of the meet and greet company but had not been returned.
“Around 70 of these vehicles have been recovered and work is underway to return them to their owners.
“Enquiries into the circumstances continue, including locating any remaining vehicles.”
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