A suspected car thief is now in Police custody after he attempted to hijack a Prado Sports Utility Vehicle on Saturday evening.
Guyana Times understands that the Prado belongs to Valderie Hackette of Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown.
According to information reaching this publication, the incident occurred sometime after 19:00h when the woman returned home and parked her vehicle under her house.
Neighbours told this publication that they saw a man entering the woman’s yard but first took him for the woman’s nephew.
They added that after the man entered the yard, he began behaving strangely, after which he attempted to hotwire the car. During this time, residents realised that he was not the woman’s nephew and immediately raised an alarm.
Shortly after, residents surrounded the car, and the man continued to hotwire the vehicle in a bid to escape, but this failed. He was then taken out of the car and given a sound thrashing my residents. However, he managed to escape and plunged into a nearby trench. By this time ranks from the Prashad Nagar Police Station arrived at the scene and promptly captured him. He is currently in custody assisting with the investigation. (G1)
