A Zimbabwean couple, Tendai Chigova, 41, and his wife Melissa Chigova, 35, have been arrested in East London, UK, in connection with a multi-million-pound luxury car smuggling operation. The Metropolitan Police conducted an early-morning raid on their Stratford apartment where they discovered evidence including keys to high-end vehicles such as Range Rovers, BMWs, and Mercedes-Benz cars, fake registration documents, and over £250,000 in cash.
Detective Sarah Donnelly described this police operation as a major bust targeting a criminal network involved in stealing luxury vehicles across the UK and exporting them to buyers in West Africa and the Middle East, with the couple’s enterprise believed to have been active for over four years.
Tendai and Melissa Chigova remain in police custody as the investigation continues, with authorities working diligently to identify and seize assets linked to the smuggling ring and trace the full extent of their illicit profits. The operation has drawn significant public attention on social media, where various comments have reacted to the news of the couple’s arrest and the broader implications for organized crime and luxury vehicle theft networks in the UK and beyond.
