play videoAn owner of a stolen vehicle(left) being shown his car retrieved by EOCO
In a stunning turn of events, a car stolen from a Toronto driveway in Canada has been discovered parked in Ghana, approximately 8,500 kilometers from its original location.
This discovery was made by David Common, a journalist from CBC News who has been investigating stolen vehicles in Canada.
The car's original owner, Len Green, received an unexpected call from the CBC journalist after his phone number was found inside the vehicle.
Green had lost his vehicle in 2022 and had no knowledge of its whereabouts until this surprising call from Ghana.
During the phone call, Common informed Green, "I'm calling from CBC News. We're conducting an investigation into stolen vehicles, and I'm pretty sure I'm sitting in your vehicle in West Africa."
Green was understandably shocked to learn that his stolen car had ended up so far from its original location, exclaiming, "I can't believe it... that's crazy."
The revelation was captured in an investigative piece by the journalist into car theft in Canada.
In the same parking lot, the journalist found dozens of other vehicles, some with Canadian license plates, often with their provincial registration and insurance documents still in the glove box. All of which vehicles had been reported stolen from Ontario and Quebec.