A thief on Monday stole a car from outside a Friendship Village, Corentyne home and left in its place another which had been carted off from a Mount Sinai, West Canje Berbice residence on Sunday.
The car stolen from Friendship Village was found around midnight on Monday at Little India, Corriverton.
According to information gathered, the $1.8M black IST model car, PRR 9094, belongs to Maheshwadie Singh, 33 and Raward Singh of Lot 29 Friendship Village, Corentyne. The car has “Chocolate City” written on the front windscreen.
Maheshwadie also known as “Shelly”, said that they discovered around 5.30 am that their car which had been parked in their yard had been stolen.
A report was filed at both the Whim and Number 51 police stations on Monday morning. Based on CCTV footage from a nearby resident, the couple saw the perpetrator driving the car out of the village just around 1.30 am on Monday.
The woman noted that her husband was in the process of wiring a house and had some work items in the vehicle along with their drivers’ licences and other personal documents.
Based on their own investigation on Monday, the couple discovered that the thief had fuelled up the car at a gas station located in Number 71 Village, Corentyne.
Just around midnight on Monday, the couple received information that their car was abandoned at Little India. The police were informed and they have since retrieved the car.
Meanwhile, the woman relayed that they discovered that the car found in front of their premises had been stolen from Mount Sinai.
On Sunday, Martin Sugrim, a 41-year-old hire car driver from Mount Sinai reported to the police that his white 212, HB 8987 had been stolen from his yard. The car has an estimated value of $1.4 M.
The car discovered in front of Singh’s house matched the car stolen from Sugrim. His driver’s licence was also discovered in the vehicle.
Last week Wednesday, the police had said in a statement that they conducted a search and seized several vehicles on the Corentyne as part of an investigation into an ongoing “stolen vehicles racket.”
At New Market Street, a white fielder wagon bearing registration number PVV 6272 and a silver grey Premio bearing registration number PRR 3989 were seized. At Rose Hall, Corentyne, a silver grey Premio bearing registration number PTT 9316 and a Fielder wagon bearing registration number PTT 7651 were seized.
“A search was also conducted at the home of a female nurse of Rosehall, Corentyne, and in the lower flat a quantity of car-related documents were found which were taken to Rosehall Outpost and lodged, pending investigation”, the police said in the statement.
