This evening, at approximately 18h06, the Marshall Security Emergency Dispatch Centre received an alert via a WhatsApp crime alert group regarding a vehicle theft incident that had occurred at a well know grocery store on Hinton Grove in the Durban North area. The vehicle owner reported that as she exited the shop, she witnessed her car being driven away by an unknown number of suspects.
The owner informed us that the vehicle was equipped with a Netstar tracking device, which she immediately activated. In response, members of our Special Operations Team, along with the Durban North SAPS Trio Crimes Unit and the Netstar Tracking ground team, were mobilised to assist in the recovery of the stolen Hyundai.
Remarkably, the recovery operation was swift, with the vehicle being located within 9 minutes. It was found abandoned in a parking lot on Snell Parade, North Beach Durban Central area.
The vehicle owner, upon being reunited with her vehicle, opted not to open a case with SAPS, and the car was handed back to the legal owner.
