Quick-thinking driver stops woman stealing his car by using a FORKLIFT to hoist the vehicle into the air and trapping the thief inside
- Queensland man decides to trap someone allegedly stealing his car with forklift
- Brendan Mills imaginative actions prevented the alleged thief from absconding
- A 24-year-old woman arrested by police at Waterford West and charged
A quick-thinking driver has foiled an alleged car thief by using a forklift to trap her inside the vehicle she was attempting to steal.
Brendan Mills came home to find a woman inside his red Volkswagen Polo at his Waterford West property, south of Brisbane on June 5.
By sheer good fortune he had left the forklift parked beside the car, with the forks facing towards it.
So he immediately jumped into his forklift and hoisted the car up six feet in the air, trapping the alleged car thief inside before calling Queensland police.
An Australian man has foiled an alleged car thief by using a forklift to trap her inside the vehicle she was attempting to steal
Officers arrested the alleged car thief at a Waterford West property and charged her with burglary and unlawful use of a motor vehicle
The alleged car thief was unable to open the doors to escape earlier because the position of the forks prevented the car doors from opening.
Police video showed an officer opening the door of the car as it is lowered and telling the baffled occupant ‘out you get’.
Security footage from the property’s cameras showed a woman wandering onto the property at 5.20pm on Sunday June 5.
Police alleged she went inside the house, had a shower and put on clothes she found inside.
A 24-year-old woman was arrested at the property and charged with burglary and unlawful use of a motor vehicle, a Queensland police statement said.
Police video showed an officer opening the door of the car as it is lowered and telling the baffled occupant ‘out you get’
Security footage from the property’s cameras showed a woman wandering onto the property at 5.20pm on Sunday June 5
She was granted police bail to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on July 13
Police noted the unusual nature of the Mr Mills’ apprehending the alleged car thief and warned the public against trying to prevent crimes in progress.
‘To ensure community safety, police recommend members of the public not engage in methods of disrupting criminal activity which may involve risk of personal harm or further legal recourse.’