WPC’s car stolen in New Grant, stripped by bandits

A policewoman’s car was stolen and later found stripped at the roadside in the Southern Division over the weekend.

The constable, from New Grant, had parked and secured her white Toyota Axio at her home at 5 pm on March 22 before leaving.

Around 7 am the next day, she returned to discover her car was missing, and the Tableland police were notified.

The victim is assigned to the Central Division.

On the morning of March 23, police received a tip-off and went to Sister’s Road in the Princes Town district, where they found the car stripped and abandoned by the roadside in an overgrown area.

The car was valued at around $80,000.

No one has been arrested and investigations are ongoing.