Thieves target Axios

Superintendent Bobette Morgan-Simpson is urging motor vehicle owners to be vigilant and to install tracking devices, so as to be better able to track their vehicles in the event that they are stolen.

Morgan-Simpson, head of the St Mary Police Division, made the call after lawmen uncovered a large-scale car-stealing operation involving more than 40 vehicles across two sites in the parish.

The owner of a white Toyota Axio, which was stolen in Oracabessa last Saturday, used a vehicle-tracking system to track his car to a location in Rocky Hill district. Approximately 35 dismantled vehicles, predominantly grey Axios, were discovered in the area.

A further probe into the vicinity led to the discovery of another seven vehicles at a nearby location, bringing the total count to 42 recovered vehicles of various models, all which were scrapped, with some still retaining their licence plates.

The police are now conducting a thorough investigation with the aim of apprehending the criminals involved in the car-stealing ring while preventing future occurrences of such crimes.