Parts from stolen vans and bikes were recovered during police raids.
Liaqat Ali worked with another man to sell the vans and motorbikes on as cloned vehicles or parts.
The 47-year-old, of Westrow Gardens, was an associate of Mantas Balciunas, 35, from Somerset.
Police investigated the pair in an operation code-named “Hipsometer.”
Officers identified more than 100 vehicles that they were responsible for handling between April 2012 and September 2017, worth more than £1million.
The vehicles had been stolen via a number of methods, including keyless car theft, robbery, test drive theft and burglary.
They had been either dismantled and sold as parts, used to repair genuinely damaged vehicles, or sold as complete vehicles to unknowing purchasers via Ebay, after their identity had been disguised with false number plates.
Liaqat Ali has been jailed for four years and three months.
A raid was carried out at Ali’s business address in Collier Row and stolen parts were discovered there.
Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, both were found guilty.
Today, Ali was sentenced to four years and three months’ imprisonment.
Balciunas received a seven-and-a-half year term.
Martin Balciunas was jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
Detective Constable Gavin Smith of the Met’s Organised Vehicle Crime Unit, who led the investigation, said: “These two men ran a prolific and well-organised criminal enterprise. Balciunas was prepared to go to great lengths to convince purchasers that they were purchasing a legitimate vehicle and our investigation linked the offenders to a substantial number of offences.
“Ali had clearly been operating a safe haven to which stolen vehicles from across London were taken for a number of years, prior to our intervention.
“I hope today’s sentences serve as a deterrent to those involved in this type of brazen criminality and reminds them that we will not stop bringing those responsible to justice.”
Tags: Havering, Redbridge, Goodmayes, Collier Row
