The woman claims police told her to retrieve the stolen car on her own.
A woman in London claimed she used a tracking app to find her stolen car, but police only met her at the scene and was told to retrieve it herself. subway.
On February 6, 32-year-old Alexandra Vlad found her 30,000-pound (approximately Rs. 31,40,755) Lexus UX missing from her driveway. She used a tracking app to locate the vehicle in Hackney, six miles away.
After contacting the authorities, Ms Flood relayed the information in the hope they would recover the vehicle. However, her account details a surprising response: Police reportedly instructed her to retrieve the vehicle in person and said they would only meet her at the scene. News portal.
Feeling “unsafe” and “anxious”, Ms Flood chose to retrieve her car to avoid further delays. However, her experience raises questions about the police response to vehicle thefts, particularly when assisted by technology.
“I didn’t know what I would find inside. Drugs? A body?” she said.
When she arrived, she found nothing inside the car, no gas and a flashing light on the dashboard. It appears the thieves also attempted to remove the tracking device.
Ms Flood, who is from Romania, said she spoke out because she was unhappy with the way she was treated by public institutions.
She explained: “I’m confused. You pay taxes to pay for the police – just leave it to us to figure it out. What exactly is it costing us?”
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “On Tuesday, February 6, we received a report that a car had been stolen from outside a house in E13.
“The owner later contacted us to say she had tracked the car and collected it. Investigations are continuing.
