ST 2 May
WHEN Audrey (not her real name) went to get her car on Thursday
morning from the car park at her home, she found an empty
lot.
For over half an hour, she combed all the floors of the five-storey
car park in Block 125A Kim Tian Road in frantic search of her
four-month-old Suzuki Swift but could not find it.
She covered the entire car park three times before giving up. Her
brother drove her around the neighbourhood, but still, her grey car
was nowhere to be seen.
The IT consultant finally made a police report that her car had
been stolen.
Audrey, 35, said: 'It is incredulous... this is Singapore, I don't
think it is that easy to steal a whole car like that.'
Audrey who bought the car last December for about $57,000, said she
last saw her car on Monday afternoon when she parked it on the
second-storey after returning home from work.
She was sure she had locked the car, which also has an alarm, and
also wound up all the windows.
Audrey did not use her car for the next three days as she does not
drive to work everyday.
It was only on Thursday when she was going to fill petrol at a
nearby pump station that she found her car missing.
Police said they are investigating the theft of the car - an
offence which carries the maximum penalty of seven years'
imprisonment and a fine.
