Car thieves return spruced up ride

(CNS): All three vehicles that were stolen during a seven-day period last month have now been recovered but one of them was returned to the parking lot from where it was stolen having been washed, vacuumed and detailed, with the tires still shining from protectant. But, police said, the returned stolen car was still minus the ignition key. Despite the spruce up, courtesy of the thieves, the car was forensically examined, as the RCIPS had been concerned that the cars were stolen by villains intent on using them to commit other crimes.

2004 Silver Nissan Sunny registration 161-667

The 2004 Nissan Sunny which was stolen from an apartment complex in Mount Pleasant, West Bay, sometime between 7:00am Friday 27 March and 6:25pm Saturday 28 March was returned to the same lot on Tuesday, ten days after it went missing but in considerably better condition.

On the same day the public also spotted the 2005 Black Chevy Epica that had been reported stolen on Friday 27 March at 11:00am from Smith Cove in South Sound, George Town. That was found in the car park at Passadora Place off Smith Road in George Town, and although not detailed, it is understood to have been undamaged.

Police had previously confirmed that the 1995 blue Honda Civic Ferio stolen around 7:40am on Saturday 21 March from an apartment complex on Newport Avenue, George Town, was recovered on Monday in Newlands after it was also spotted by a member of the public.

The three cars, all stolen within a seven-day period, have been examined and returned to their owners but police are continuing their investigations into the theft of the three cars.