An Australian has resorted to an unusual method to prevent the theft of his car, using a forklift to suspend the car – and the alleged thief – in the air.
Police say a woman broke into his home in Logan, west of Brisbane, showered and changed before attempting to steal the car.
She was about to escape when Brendan Mills and the family came home.
“It all happened right in front of us very quickly,” Mills told local TV show Sunrise.
He saw the car door close, and the vehicle starting to move – that’s when he swung into action.
“I asked her several times to get out of the car: ‘We’re home, you’re under arrest,'” he says. Get out of the car, you know it’s over.”
“(But) she didn’t want to leave.”
“I was like, ‘Okay, you want to play this way, I have an alternative option here.'”
Mills had a manual forklift, as he worked with cars, and using it was the only way he could think of to safely prevent a woman from escaping by car.
“My family has been standing around watching this all happen, so you can’t do anything foolish,” he said.
“There’s a tremendous amount of adrenaline rushing in your body, a lot of thoughts going through your head… I just thought, ‘Okay, there’s a forklift in there – why not?” ”
The police arrived shortly thereafter and found the car still hanging in the air. The car was lowered slowly and the woman was arrested.
She has been charged with breaking into and entering a motor vehicle for theft and illegal use of a vehicle – the case will be heard next month.
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