{"id":80086,"date":"2015-02-04T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/80086\/bungling-thieves-lose-their-stolen-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2015-02-03T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T13:37:05","slug":"bungling-thieves-lose-their-stolen-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/02\/04\/bungling-thieves-lose-their-stolen-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungling thieves lose their stolen vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the EMPD Community Liaison Unit (CLU) recovered two stolen vehicles within seven minutes of each other, in the same place, last Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The recoveries took place at about 1pm, at the intersection of Maphana and Tsotetsi streets, in Katlehong.<\/p>

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The Metro Police were driving along Maphana Street when, out of the blue, a Toyota Quantum minibus driver slammed on the brakes of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe stopped the vehicle and bolted on foot from the idling Quantum, leaving the driver\u2019s door wide open,\u201d said Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, the spokesman for the EMPD.<\/p>

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\u201cOn closer inspection of the Quantum, it was discovered that its ignition had been tampered with and the dashboard damaged.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also emerged that the Quantum had been stolen just an hour earlier, in Vereeniging.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident happened at 1pm.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The recovered VW Polo, which had a false number plate placed over the authentic one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kgasago added that, at exactly 1.07pm, the Metro Police members were given a second pleasant surprise when, while they were busy with the Quantum, a VW Polo with a spluttering engine broke down next to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon trying to assist the driver of the VW Polo, one officer realised that the rear number plate was clumsily covered with a false plate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it was checked, the VW Polo also returned as a positively stolen vehicle \u2013 stolen two hours earlier, in Sasolburg,\u201d Kgasago said.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old old VW Polo driver was taken in to the Ramakonopi Police Station. and charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

The driver who dumped the stolen Toyota Quantum is still at large and the police have started a manhunt for him.<\/p>\n

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