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Cops find hijacked car, lose it again

June 05 2009 at 11:52AM

By Rivonia Naidu

Imagine being hijacked at gunpoint. Then the relief at being informed by police that your car has been recovered, only to have them tell you the car has been stolen again.

"This is something that could only happen in South Africa," said a frustrated Raymond Sathar on Thursday.

The Chatsworth resident was speaking a day after this actually played out with his 18-year-old daughter.

'They had the car in their care and then they lose it'
Sathar said his daughter and three friends had been on their way to university on Wednesday morning when she was hijacked by four men in Fleetside Road, Silverglen.

"We registered the case at Bayview police station and about three hours later, police called to tell me the car had been found in Umlazi," he said.

Sathar said police had picked him up and driven him to the scene where the car was recovered.

"They asked me to bring my spare keys, but when we get to Umlazi, they tell me the car was stolen again. How? I don't know," he said.

Sathar said he was furious at police and described them as careless. "They had the car in their care and then they lose it. I just don't understand the logic," he said.

Police spokesperson Superintendent Vincent Mdunge confirmed the hijacking and that a case had been registered, but said the car had been found in Umlazi before the details were circulated.

"Police officers noticed the car and traced the owner. When they found the car belonged to someone who did not live in Umlazi, they checked with radio control if the car had been reported stolen. However, because the information wasn't circulated at that point, they returned to the Umlazi station," he said.

He said that there the police had verified that the car had been stolen and then rushed back to where they first saw it.

"By the time police got back to where they left the car, it was gone, Police are now investigating the legitimacy of the officers' alibi and whether their actions amount to neglect."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20090605110424162C387909
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LOL So the police drove away without securing the car or sitting up on it.:eek:
 
:eek: Omw, only in SA. "Well done" SAPS!!! ha ha ha If they can't even look after a car, how are they going to protect the public???
 
Ok you're slamming the cops that were trying to do their jobs and followed procedure?

When the cops who saw the car and checked it, they weren't told that it was stolen because that information hadn't been circulated to all stations yet, what were they supposed to do.. just sit there on the chance that MAYBE it was stolen...

Jees Sackboy, you're trawling the bottom of the barrel these days.
 
Methinks that's not the whole, true story...........more likely like this.
Cops find hijacked car! Promotion! flashes before officer's eyes, radios control, reports success! Partner suddenly realizes that son's car whose engine is conked is very same model- flashes R500.00 in front of partner's eyes - Bingo, deal done, car vanishes again!
 
ToxicBunny said:
Ok you're slamming the cops that were trying to do their jobs and followed procedure?

When the cops who saw the car and checked it, they weren't told that it was stolen because that information hadn't been circulated to all stations yet, what were they supposed to do.. just sit there on the chance that MAYBE it was stolen...

Jees Sackboy, you're trawling the bottom of the barrel these days.
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Firstly, my name isn't Rivonia.

"Police officers noticed the car and traced the owner.
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Why did they check the car in the first place??
 
ToxicBunny said:
Ok you're slamming the cops that were trying to do their jobs and followed procedure?

When the cops who saw the car and checked it, they weren't told that it was stolen because that information hadn't been circulated to all stations yet, what were they supposed to do.. just sit there on the chance that MAYBE it was stolen...

Jees Sackboy, you're trawling the bottom of the barrel these days.
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Nope.
Game_Boyz said:
Methinks that's not the whole, true story...........more likely like this.
Cops find hijacked car! Promotion! flashes before officer's eyes, radios control, reports success! Partner suddenly realizes that son's car whose engine is conked is very same model- flashes R500.00 in front of partner's eyes - Bingo, deal done, car vanishes again!
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That's that bottom. ;)
 
Game_Boyz said:
Methinks that's not the whole, true story...........more likely like this.
Cops find hijacked car! Promotion! flashes before officer's eyes, radios control, reports success! Partner suddenly realizes that son's car whose engine is conked is very same model- flashes R500.00 in front of partner's eyes - Bingo, deal done, car vanishes again!
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Speaking of corrupt cops, 2 months ago my uncles golf 3 was stolen from his house in umhlanga, the car was stolen around 7pm and was reported at 7:30pm, about an hour later they found the car but told him that the car was found in umlazi, but after he questioned another police officer on details they said the car was found in umlanga, he asked whether his radio and mags were stolen, the officer said that everything is still intacted but he was not allowed to pick up the car that evening, it had to be impounded for a few days until investigations were over..

A few days later he went to pick up the car, no radio, no mags, no seat covers, no speakers, they even took the gear knob..
 
If you had been to the car pounds............

With my previous company, we were testing a new s/w app, and I accompanied the insurance assessor (on test) to the police car pounds, when vehicles were recovered from theft and stored for identification & collection. The idea was to photo the vehicle & send via Laptop & 3G to H/O and receive inn return comprehensive listing of items insured by owner and possible identification marks which could be used to ID the vehicle. Most stolen vehicles are re-sprayed, modifications made, etc and these assessors sometimes make several trips back & forth to prove/provide
ownership by their client; our program was to short cut this process.
I have personally seen dozens of vehicles whose headlights, tyres, batteries, cv joints, sound systems, brake pads/shoes, gear boxes etc missing from these recovered vehicles and in all instances it was reported " The vehicles recovered in same condition" HULLO! Can you see, even the dumbest hijacker/thief driving around with vehicles in such a condition? Sure, a few were found in chop shops, scrap yards but most are actually recovered in either accidents or road blocks, and that's by the police stats. So it does not leave much to the imagination as to how this situation develops. The cops know this, the assessors know this, now myadsl members also know.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Ok you're slamming the cops that were trying to do their jobs and followed procedure?

When the cops who saw the car and checked it, they weren't told that it was stolen because that information hadn't been circulated to all stations yet, what were they supposed to do.. just sit there on the chance that MAYBE it was stolen...

Jees Sackboy, you're trawling the bottom of the barrel these days.
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Firstly, why would they check the car if there's nothing fishy or they don't suspect anything weird?

Secondly, they work on one system throughout the country. IF they were doing their jobs in the charge office when it was reported, the information would've been available to ALL stations in that province.
 
Ok, a little lesson in reading seems to be in order...

Police officers noticed the car and traced the owner. When they found the car belonged to someone who did not live in Umlazi, they checked with radio control if the car had been reported stolen. However, because the information wasn't circulated at that point, they returned to the Umlazi station," he said
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They saw the car didn't belong to someone in Umlazi, so they checked it against the stolen vehicles list in control room, which at the time of them checking, it clearly wasn't.

He said that there the police had verified that the car had been stolen and then rushed back to where they first saw it.
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As for them working on ONE system as you say... I know that they don't.. so that sort of blows a little whole in your theory.
Then when they got back to the station it was confirmed as stolen so they rushed back to the scene, and the car was then gone again...
 
ToxicBunny said:
Ok you're slamming the cops that were trying to do their jobs and followed procedure?

When the cops who saw the car and checked it, they weren't told that it was stolen because that information hadn't been circulated to all stations yet, what were they supposed to do.. just sit there on the chance that MAYBE it was stolen...

Jees Sackboy, you're trawling the bottom of the barrel these days.
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Stolen car details are available from the radio controllers, not from the station.
 
And like the flippin story had said, the details HADN'T been circulated yet...

Are you ppl really this dense?
 
ToxicBunny said:
And like the flippin story had said, the details HADN'T been circulated yet...

Are you ppl really this dense?
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Hey! Relax! Take a chill pill. Are you a police officer or something that you feel so strongly about it? Bottom line is that it is a serious offense, if they did their jobs it would've been circulated immediately, because how difficult is it to pick up a little radio, press the button on the side and talk... Even my 4 year old can do that!:mad:
 
Chill pill? I'm irritated with stupid people who can't read at this point in time, so no.

and offense?

HOW do you figure that... They checked if it was on the "stolen vehicles" list and it wasn't... so they left it... They do have OTHER work to do...

As for "circulating it" immediately, you clearly don't realise just the kind of task the police are up against, and how difficult it is to actually keep track of everything.

Like always, if you're going to attack something (in this case the police) do so from a basis of fact, and not lies and BS...
 
You were a reservist?... shame... they clearly kept you out of the loop of real operations then.

I report something, it doesn't get circulated immediately.. it take 10 - 30 mins to get out... so what if the cops checked BEFORE it got circulated?

I'm taking issue with YOUR and Sackboys instantly jumping on the bash the cops band wagon, when even the article is pretty clear that the cops who saw the car, did more than they were supposed to actually.
 
I'm the one bitching and moaning?.. wow.. you have an interesting concept of that..

You were the one attacking the cops, and now I'm in the wrong... nice.
 
Attacking the cops and saying they can't and don't do their jobs are 2 different things, but suit yourself. You've got to be a bit thick or blind not to see the wrong and incompetence from their side. If it was my vehicle they lost for a second time I will also kick up a huge fuss. If you were in that situation you would probably give them a medal for doing a pathetic job and forget about your car. You sound like one of those ppl that just accepts everything and is just content with whatever, no matter what.
 
ToxicBunny said:
I'm the one bitching and moaning?.. wow.. you have an interesting concept of that..

You were the one attacking the cops, and now I'm in the wrong... nice.
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Bitching and moaning yes... You've been insulting me and sackboy from the day this thread was started. You believe you are the only one that has an opinion and when someone else says something you jump on your high horse.

You don't agree, fine, then don't try and force your closed mindedness onto other people please. We all have our opinions which we are entitled too.
 
I've been attacking your little jump on the bandwagon of bash the cops...

IF the cops had blatantly stuffed up, then yes I would be attacking them as well.

Your opinion on THIS issue is BS from start to finish. Maybe in the wider aspect of the police force its more correct, but on this specific issue its not, plain and simple. Even the article shows that.
 
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