Stolen Rolls-Royce recovered in Riverlea gets tongues wagging

Pictures of a Rolls-Royce Ghost surrounded by Metro cops in Riverlea, Gauteng, have let loose a stream of disbelieving comments on social media.

The Facebook page Stolen Cars RSA shared the pictures on Wednesday afternoon after user Ben Modikane first shared the pics and his amazement at the news that the the luxury vehicle had allegedly been stolen and then found in the largely coloured township in southern Johannesburg.

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New models of the car sell for as much as R10 million, while second-hand ones can be snapped up for a mere R4 million. This one was apparently worth R5 million.

Community members in Riverlea were just as astounded to see the car in their back yard.

Onkgopotse Tony Moatlhodi wrote: “imagine, its like trying to steal a metro rail train…..eish..domkops out there.”

MT Mapetla wrote: “Criminals are now ambitious… but they found it.”

Itumeleng I-two Sibilanga joked: “They probably figured the rims won’t fit on a Golf my bru.”

It later emerged that the perpetrator was running from the cops and abandoned the car in Riverlea where it was found after being stolen from a workshop at The Glen on Wednesday morning, according to the police.

Johannesburg Metro spokesperson Edna Mamonyane said in a statement the car was immediately reported stolen.

The workshop’s owner apparently spotted it while driving on the N12, and followed it off the N1 South at Golden Highway, where he also alerted two JMPD officers on patrol. After a high-speed chase, the car was found abandoned. No arrests were made after the suspect fled on foot between the houses.

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