12-05-2025
Moment keyless car thieves steal Mercedes S Class is caught on doorbell camera
Watch the men stealing the Mercedes S Class from outside the victim's front door
Doorbell camera footage captured two men using a signal relay device to steal a keyless car.
The pair used the kit to steal a Mercedes S Class from a driveway at 2.30am on 7 April 2025, but the noise of the engine starting alerted the owner who called police.
The car was stopped 12 minutes later when officers found the passenger still wearing a balaclava, with the device in the footwell and a GPS jammer device still transmitting.
Footage from the house, in Breckland in Norfolk, shows a man holding a wire loop close to the front door, to amplify the signal from the keyless fob inside the house. When his accomplice starts the car, he backs away and runs to get into the car.
Mindaugas Grizas, 36, of Thetford in Norfolk, and Lukas Zvirgzdys, 18, of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire were charged with stealing the car and using apparatus for the purpose of interfering with wireless telegraphy.
Grizas was also charged with driving without insurance and driving while disqualified.
They both admitted the charges at Norwich Magistrates' Court on 8 April 2025, and were sentenced on Monday.
Grizas was jailed for 16 months and disqualified from driving for 24 months, while Zvirgzdys was jailed for a year, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.
Sgt Gary Morris, of the Breckland District crime unit, said: 'This is a timely reminder to take simple steps to keep your vehicle safe.
"The easiest thing to do if you have 'keyless' technology is to buy a faraday box or pouch which you can get cheaply and easily online.
"This blocks the signal from the keys meaning it can not be picked up by a relay device outside your home."
