Five men have been jailed for a combined total of more than 30 years following a series of organised burglaries across Greater Manchester, in a case that Greater Manchester Police describe as one of the most sophisticated residential crime operations dismantled in the region in recent years. The gang targeted homes methodically, in some cases surveilling properties for weeks before striking, and the scale of the operation has reignited debate about the adequacy of security provision across the private rental and owner-occupier stock in one of the UK's fastest-growing property investment markets.