EX-VIP cop stole car from Spar: police
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Durban - A former police VIP Unit officer appeared in court on Monday
for allegedly stealing a car that had been left with the key inside, in a
supermarket parking lot.
Thabiso Morele, 33, a former Pietermaritzburg VIP officer, allegedly
stole the car at the Wartburg Spar parking lot on Saturday afternoon.
Police spokesman, Major Thulani Zwane, said the stolen car, a Toyota
Cressida belonging to Thulani Dlamini, was reported stolen to the Wartburg
police and its description circulated.
“Dlamini had parked his Toyota Cressida at the Wartburg Spar car
parking, leaving his car unlocked, with the key inside the vehicle, while he
approached his colleague and began to talk to him.
“Dlamini spent about five minutes talking to his colleague, when he
returned to the car parking, he discovered his vehicle missing,” Zwane said.
Morele appeared in the New Hanover Magistrate’s Court charged with theft
of a motor vehicle.
Provincial commissioner, Lieutenant-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni, appealed
to car owners to lock their vehicles at all times.
“Make sure your vehicle is properly locked and all windows are closed.
This will minimise the risk of your vehicle being stolen,” she said.
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