Five men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to commit burglaries across the county.

The gang was involved in a series of so- called Hanoi burglaries across West Yorkshire between May 2009 and February 2010 where car keys and vehicles were stolen from homes.

Ross Sutcliffe, 20, of Kennerleigh Walk, Holme Wood, was jailed at Bradford Crown Court yesterday for five years and four months, while James Lovett, 18, of Greenholme Court, Holme Wood, received five years.

Michael Webster, 20, of East Road, Darling-ton, was given three years and eight months while Mohammed Vaseem Amin, 29, of Watmough Street, Great Horton, who is serving a sentence of seven years and nine months, was jailed for a further eight months.

As part of Operation Larkwood Two, officers from Crime Division, Bradford South and Operations Support, joined forces to carry out raids at the homes of those involved in the conspiracy.

Steven Doherty, 30, of Gloucester Terrace, Armley, was yesterday sentenced to four months to be served consecutively to the four year sentence he received for Operation Larkwood One where he and Amin were involved in another conspiracy to commit burglaries across Yorkshire and Lancashire between November 2008 and July 2009.

Doherty pleaded guilty to two counts of handling stolen goods.

A sixth man, Dean Coleman, 21, of Allerton Road, Bradford, also appeared in court and pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods. He will be sentenced later this year.

In both investigations, detectives found Amin was the ringleader who was primarily involved in organising the theft of the vehicles and had been co-ordinating the burglaries.

Vehicles with a total value running into millions of pounds were stolen under Amin’s command, said West Yorkshire Police. He and his gang were caught following months of thorough analytical work, close surveillance and other covert tactics.

It was while he was on bail for the first conspiracy he committed the second, but with a different group of associates.

Both men will serve their sentences consecutively.

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