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How to avoid buying a stolen car

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The head of the police's vehicle crime unit says there needs to be a shake-up of the way second hand cars are bought.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Hooper says too many people are becoming victims of a practice known as car cloning - in which they are tricked into buying stolen vehicles.

Detective Sergeant Mark Tidy gives his top tips for spotting cloned cars.

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