{"id":49436,"date":"2025-04-25T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49436\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:08:09","slug":"boy-17-arrested-as-police-probe-car-cannibalism-offences-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49436\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 17, arrested as police probe car cannibalism offences in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 17-year-old suspect was held on suspicion of conspiring to steal from a motor vehicle in relation to car stripping offences after police swooped on an address in Saltley<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1_JS296585819.jpg\" alt=\"West Midlands Police officers (stock image) \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>West Midlands Police officers (stock image) (Image: WMP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A teenage boy was arrested by police probing car cannibalism offences in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 17-year-old suspect was held on suspicion of conspiring to steal from a motor vehicle in relation to car stripping offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was arrested in the Saltley area yesterday, Thursday, April 24, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/a45-coventry-road-birmingham-breaking-31500768\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Moment car smashes into barriers on wrong side of road near Birmingham McDonalds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-waste-wagons-delayed-due-31507505\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham waste wagons &#8216;delayed&#8217; due to strike as walk out approaches eighth week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ NEXT: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/every-broke-city-council-asset-31437385\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Every &#8216;broke&#8217; city council asset for sale including pubs and four shops on same street<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was later bailed subject to strict conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This included being inside during evenings, police added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a statement, police said: &#8220;We have arrested a teenager in connection with car cannibalism offences in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We issued an appeal for information to identify a potential suspect earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Following enquiries our Vehicle Crime Team arrested a 17-year-old boy from an address in the Saltley area yesterday (24 April).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to steal from a motor vehicle in relation to car stripping offences \u2013 also known as car cannibalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The 17-year-old was bailed with strict conditions \u2013 which includes having to remain indoor during evenings &#8211; pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We take all vehicle crime, including car cannibalism seriously, and it is a priority to tackle this incredibly distressing crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 17-year-old suspect was held on suspicion of conspiring to steal from a motor vehicle in relation to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,26710,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-49436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-saltley","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114398763606152081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}