DETECTIVES in East Yorkshire have cracked a huge network of criminal gangs responsible for hundreds of burglaries across the region involving goods worth almost £600,000.
A nine-month undercover police sting, codenamed Operation Iris, has led to the conviction of 89 offenders who have now been given combined prison sentences totalling 30 years.
The gangs were based in Hull and were responsible for nearly 250 crimes.
Burglars targeted homes, business and charities in Hull, Beverley, Driffield and North Ferriby and stole everything from cars and computers to power tools and heavy machinery.
Police recovered more than 600 items of property with a total value of almost £600,000, including 39 vehicles, an Audi TT car, a mini digger, a caravan, 42 bikes and 41 fishing rods.
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