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Toyota Highlander Stolen From Canada 6-months Ago Found In Lagos, Nigeria
A 2017 Toyota Highlander stolen from Ontario street, Canada 6-months has been tracked to Lagos, Nigeria.
CCTV footage of the car theft couldn’t help to locate the whereabout of the SUV or even arrest the culprits.
But this case isn’t the first we’ve heard in recent times, amid the surge in car thefts striking cities across Canada.
According to the police in Canada, 80 – 85% of stolen vehicles are shipped overseas, many to West Africa.
It added that the thieves focused on the thefts of Lexus, Toyota, and Honda sport utility vehicles (SUVs).
CTV News Investigates has tracked a 2017 Toyota Highlander stolen from Canada to a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria, more than six months after the SUV was whisked away from a parking lot on Ontario street.
Footage of the car theft which happened last September was captured on CCTV, but couldn’t help the owner, Ahmad Abdallah, as well as the police, to locate the whereabout of the SUV or even arrest the culprits.
According to CTV News Investigates, Abdallah thought he would never see Toyota Highlander SUV again.
“When Ahmad Abdallah’s SUV disappeared from his street last September, he thought he would never see it again.
“He looked for clues in surveillance video of the thieves unlocking his 2017 Toyota Highlander and driving off in seconds but concluded they were too well-organized, too well-resourced and too professional to be tracked.
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“More than six months later, CTV News Investigates was able to find his vehicle—sitting in a lot in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria. After seeing video of his own car for sale overseas, Abdallah realized how truly organized the criminals who stole his car may actually be.”
In a video interview shared by CTV News Investigates, Abdallah said he never knew the criminals who stole his car were too professional to be tracked after seeing it on sale overseas.
“I got a call from you (CTV News Investigates). You sent me a picture of my car. Oh, it blew my mind”
“This is clearly a big operation. There should be more people looking into it.
“We’re talking millions of dollars. This has to be taken seriously,”
But Abdallah’s case isn’t the first of these stories we’ve heard in recent times, amid the surge in car thefts striking cities across Canada.
According to the police in Toronto, Canada, 80 to 85 per cent of stolen vehicles are tied to organized crime and destined to be shipped overseas, many to West Africa. It added that the thieves focused on the thefts of Lexus, Toyota, and Honda sport utility vehicles (SUVs).
