{"id":69571,"date":"2014-09-26T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/69571\/alleged-car-thief-tracked-down-and-caught\/"},"modified":"2014-09-26T09:44:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T07:44:32","slug":"alleged-car-thief-tracked-down-and-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/09\/26\/alleged-car-thief-tracked-down-and-caught\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged car thief tracked down and caught"},"content":{"rendered":"

EMPD members responded to a call for assistance from a tracking company, at 12.16pm, last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The tracking company members were chasing a black Toyota RunX, stolen at 8.30am in Edenvale.<\/p>

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EMPD Germiston Crime Prevention members managed to corner the driver of the vehicle at the intersection of Black Reef and Heidelberg roads, in Wadeville.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was recovered and the driver arrested.<\/p>

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An EMPD officer searches the suspected car thief, after he was cornered in Wadeville, last Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With gloves on, presumably to ensure that he did not leave his fingerprints on the vehicle, the 38-year-old driver was taken to the Elsburg Police Station and charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

The dashboard of the RunX was found to have been ripped, the ignition was tampered with and the gear knob was missing.<\/p>\n

The suspect is expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon.<\/p>\n

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