ROLLS ROYCE THIEF ABANDONS CAR AND FLEES

A MAN is on the run after stealing a car.

But it was not just any old car – the thug tried to get away with a Rolls Royce valued at R5 million.

JMPD spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the vehicle was stolen from a workshop at The Glen in the south of Joburg at about 1.20pm on Wednesday.

“The owner of the workshop was in a meeting when he received a call from employees telling him that the car was stolen. He reported the theft at Mondeor Police Station and then was on his way to report it to Eldorado Park police when he spotted the car on the N12.”

Minnaar said the man followed the Rolls Royce off the N1 South at the Golden Highway and back onto the N1 north, when he alerted two JMPD officers on patrol.

“The officers chased the car at high speed to the Maraisburg off-ramp, back onto the N1 up to the N17 off-ramp towards Riverlea.

“When he reached Couga Street and Indwe Street he abandoned the car and disappeared on foot among the houses.”

Minnaar said no arrests had been made thus far.