12-05-2025
Thieves stole my £50k Range Rover & drove it to AFRICA – & to make it worse I'd left treasured item inside
A DRIVER has tracked his car stolen from outside his home — as it was spirited 6,849 miles away to Tanzania.
Jimmy Munday, 44, had hidden an Apple AirTag in the £50,000 Range Rover.
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But after it was pinched from his driveway he watched helplessly as it headed off across the globe. His frustration was made worse as he had left his favourite hat on the back seat.
It is now in Tanzania where he can see it is driven to and from the same place each day.
He said: 'I often wonder who's driving it and if they are also wearing my favourite hat I left in the back seat. Size 9.'
Range Rovers and other high-end motors are increasingly being stolen to order for buyers in Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania where demand for right-hand drive vehicles is high.
Married dad Jimmy's 4x4 was stolen from Chelmsford, Essex, a few months ago and was soon being driven across Europe.
Jimmy's tracker showed it was shipped over the Mediterranean and through the Suez Canal.
It was then driven across Africa — through Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda, before arriving in Tanzania.
IT consultant Jimmy's pals have teased him about his stolen car — even writing a plot for a screenplay, imagining a hidden stash of illegal pills in the car and gangsters on his trail.
One wrote: 'But it's not just the car Jimmy wants back. Inside it? His favourite hat, left resting on the back seat.'
Watch moment car thief boy, 9, sneaks into uninsured £135k PORSCHE to go on daring joyride - but it doesn't end well
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