An insider apparently helped a gang of thieves make off with more than £140,000 worth of Stark electric off-road bikes from a warehouse in Kent in July 2025.
Maidstone Crown Court heard that up to a dozen crooks were involved, though just two were in the dock to be sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to burgle. Ajay Sharp and Bobby Turner were arrested after a series of vehicles turned up one night at a warehouse on the Isle of Grain, Kent. The Noatum Logistics shipping centre was raided after an employee left a loading bay shutter open after hours, and a group of masked raiders entered the building, dragging away crates of Stark bikes and loading them into a Nissan X-Trail SUV, a Mercedes van and a Vauxhall Vivaro van.
CCTV footage released by the police showed that 14 of the high-end off-roaders were taken before security, including a dog handler, gave chase. Sharp and Turner were later arrested, and 12 of the stolen bikes were recovered, leaving two unaccounted for.
Sharp was sentenced to 19 months in prison, while Turner received eight months, though both were released due to time already served in custody. Investigations continue into the remaining members of the gang.