article_snippet.sent: Officers first began hunting the group in July last year after a raid on a £2.6million house in Somerset Road, Wimbledon, next door to the Lawn Tennis Association.
article_snippet.sent: The house was so badly damaged the owners also had to foot a £13,000 repair bill.
article_snippet.sent: In another burglary in Kingston Hill last July, the back patio doors were forced open while the homeowners were away and the alarm system was smashed.
article_snippet.sent: Three homes in Arthur Road, Wimbledon, were targeted between December 2013 and July last year, with damage caused to front doors and property worth £500 taken during one raid.
article_snippet.sent: Police tracked the trio after staff at the All England Club, home to the Wimbledon tennis championships, caught the trio car on CCTV.
article_snippet.sent: the trio passed the details to the Metropolitan Police, who found that their car had been rented by Alam, 26, from Unxbridge, who had used his real name.
article_snippet.sent: That in turn led the trio to Juied, 32, and Miah, 31, both from Maida Vale, west London.
article_snippet.sent: When police arrested the trio police found multiple Google searches on police computers on how to disable alarm systems and CCTV, and how to crack open safes.
highlights_snippet.sent: Surveyed homes before striking, often waiting until owners were away .
  Had taught Surveyed homes before striking, often waiting until owners were away how to disable security systems and CCTV cameras .
  