gps catches thieves

GPS catches out Auckland car thieves 9:43 AM Sunday Jun 26, 2011 Share Email Print A car owners global positioning system (GPS) unit helped police track a stolen car in Auckland overnight. Police were told a Nissan Skyline had been stolen from an address in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert about 4am. With the help of GPS coordinates given by the car's owner police tracked the three offenders to Royal Oak. The offenders fled the scene sparking a pursuit which police were forced to abandon due to speed and weather conditions, police said. After avoiding road spikes in Onehunga the car was found, again using GPS coordinates, abandoned in Mt Wellington. The three offenders were later found with the help of a "resourceful" police communicator.

car theift

Hamilton residents wake to spate of car thefts 8:41 AM Monday Jun 20, 2011 NZ herald. Thieves smashed their way into more than 20 cars in Hamilton overnight in a spate of thefts which may have been committed by the same offenders. Reports of a four-door silver sedan speeding off from a theft on East St about 3am today prompted a police investigation. "In all we've found 20 cars broken into, mostly in an area around Claudelands between East St and Pearsons Ave but also a few cars as far away as Dinsdale," acting Sergeant Murray MacDonald said. "All had been parked out on the road and had either their quarter window and driver's side windows smashed with a variety of items taken. "So far we only know of cars parked out on the street being affected