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A Cou­va me­chan­ic and used car deal­er has been charged with Pos­ses­sion of a Stolen Ve­hi­cle and Lar­ce­ny Trick fol­low­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions by of­fi­cers of the Stolen Ve­hi­cles Squad.

The 44-year-old sus­pect from Cou­va was ar­rest­ed on 30th Sep­tem­ber 2025 af­ter sur­ren­der­ing to po­lice. The charges stem from a re­port in­volv­ing a white Nis­san Ti­i­da stolen from the Care­nage Po­lice Dis­trict on 22nd Au­gust 2023.

Po­lice said the ve­hi­cle was re­cov­ered on 25th Feb­ru­ary 2024 at Bonne Aven­ture Road, Mayo, Gas­par­il­lo, with­out reg­is­tra­tion plates. Fur­ther in­quiries re­vealed that the sus­pect sold the ve­hi­cle to a buy­er in Cou­va on 22nd Feb­ru­ary 2024, know­ing it had been stolen.