Yaounde : Gendarmerie recovers 12 stolen vehicles

The owners of the cars, which were stolen in the Centre and Littoral Regions between August and November 2015, have been requested to come and collect them.

The National Gendarmerie is not letting off the pressure on car-jackers and their accomplices. As evidence, the Gendarmerie Legion for the Centre Region on Thursday, December 17, 2015, in Yaounde, presented 12 stolen vehicles recently recovered from those who bought them. Seven of the cars are of Toyota EE 90 make, while the rest are three LOEE 107, one EEA 107 and one Toyota Starlet.

Speaking to the media in the premises of the Gendarmerie Squadron opposite Lycee Leclerc in the Ngoa-Ekelle neighbourhood after presenting the cars, the Legion Commander, Col. Tantan Francis, said this followed recurrent complaints from members of the public about the theft of their vehicles. The National Gendarmerie then swung into action to put an end to the activities of car-jackers.

The operations in the Centre and Littoral Regions between August and November 2015 led to the recovery of 12 cars. He said after changing the number plates, repainting them and producing fake car documents in hidden garages, the vehicles were then sold for as little as 500,000 FCFA. After cross-checking with Transport authorities, the true identities of the vehicles were established. Consequently, the owners have been invited to present their papers in order to retrieve them after meeting the State Counsel. Meanwhile, some of those who bought the stolen cars have been arrested while the suspected car thieves themselves are all on the run.  

No.

Vehicle Make

Registration Number

Chassis Number

1.

EEA 107

CE 891 FJ

JT164EEA107031703

2.

EE 90

CE 483 BU

Fake number attached

3.

Toyota Starlet

CE 821 DG

Fake number attached

4.

EE 90

CE 989 BT

JT120EE9007065698

5.

EE 90

CE 919 BK

JT1LOEE9007107504

6.

EE 90

LT 663 CY

JT120EE9007107504

7.

EE 90

LT 449 AZ

JT1LOEE9007031783

8.

EE 90

LT 571 CR

JT1LOAE9007082219

9.

EE 90

CE 882 CJ

Chassis number removed

10.

LOEE 107

NW 871 AZ

JT164EEA107003345

11.

LOEE 107

NW 099 AH

JT164AEA107018171

12.

LOEE 107

NW 527 AK

JT164EEA10723071