The sentencing of a gang who carried out a series of high-value burglaries has been postponed.

A British woman and five Albanian men were due to be sentenced on Friday, February 20, for their roles in at least 44 burglaries across the UK, including eight in Cheshire.

However, this hearing has now been moved to April 13 and 14.

It follows a complex investigation involving several police forces which began in October 2024, when detectives at Macclesfield Proactive CID became aware of burglaries in Macclesfield, Prestbury, Weston and Willaston.

Detective Sergeant Laura Fox said: "This investigation is a result of a detailed collaboration between forces across several months, with an unwavering commitment and tenacity to identify those responsible and bring them to justice.

"All of the incidents were carefully orchestrated, with the gang researching their targets before committing their crimes, even expanding their crime spree across multiple forces in an effort to go undetected.

"The gang specifically targeted wealthy victims, with the aim of stealing as much high value property as possible. Between them, they even set weekly targets for the amount of gold that they wanted to steal."

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Following months of investigation work, on July 2, 2025, officers from Macclesfield Proactive CID and Cheshire Police Serious and Organised Crime Unit led a series of raids at addresses in Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham, leading to the arrests of Endrit Nikolli, George Lleshaj, Kristian Gropcaj and Jade Tubb.

Krisjian Dedndreaj was later arrested in Surrey by officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit at Cheshire Constabulary.

During the raids officers recovered several mobile phones holding hundreds of images of stolen items, along with messages which contained links to Google maps which corelated with the scene of the burglaries.

In addition, officers recovered messages which showed there was a sixth member of the gang, Sidorjan Lleshi, who was subsequently arrested.

DS Fox added: "Nikolli, Gropcaj, Dedndreaj, Lleshaj and Lleshi were all responsible for conducting the burglaries, while Tubb was happy to spend their ill-gotten gains.

"During the searches, we recovered letters between Nikolli and Tubb, in which the pair described themselves as 'Bonnie and Clyde', in reference to how they were working together to conduct the burglaries.

"Throughout our investigation it has been clear that the gang had absolutely no regard for the impact that their offences would have on the victims. Instead they regularly gloated about their crimes and shared images of ill-gotten gains.

"Thankfully, as a result of the evidence gathered during the course of the investigation, all six defendants had no option but to plead guilty to the charges and are now facing the consequences of their actions."

Nikolli, 27, Gropcaj 30, Lleshaj, 31, Dedndreaj, 28, and Lleshi, 26 all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to possess criminal property, during hearings at Chester Crown Court on Friday, November 28, 2025 and Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

Nikolli and Lleshi also both admitted one additional count of burglary, in relation to two burglaries in Staffordshire in March 2024 and December 2023.

Meanwhile, British woman Jade Tubb, 33, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess criminal property on Wednesday, January 7.

All six are to be sentenced at Chester Crown Court across Monday, April 13, and Tuesday, April 14.