Mercedes owner catches car thief with forklift [video]

Crime doesn't pay

Crime doesn't pay, especially if you're a Norwegian car thief who tries to steal from this guy.

The owner apparently heard the would-be thief starting his Mercedes so he used a forklift to raise the car's front end to prevent the criminal from escaping. The strategy ultimately worked and the thief was arrested, but the E-Class was damaged in the process.

Source: Youtube via Autoblog

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s0urek

Why didn't the guy jump the hell out...

July 19, 2011 11:55 am

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EIGHTMAN

It smells like an insurance fraud to me,the old man in the tractor at the right time and place, the neighbours with the camera, the thief so stupid, so weird...

July 19, 2011 1:37 pm

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absent

Why hide the SOB's face? Let everyone see his ugly mug.....

July 19, 2011 1:15 pm

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SebXX

Well for one, it's convenient for the oil change :) Else he could have parked the tractor just in front of the benz... same effect.

July 19, 2011 1:17 pm

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SV-maniac91

ok first of all just jump out the freakin car idiot! second of all why did the old man bother? hasnt he heard of insurance just insure ur car ull get ur money back people! :P

July 19, 2011 2:46 pm

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Decypha

And let crime pay? As well as probably increasing his insurance premiums in the process? This clip is probably as rigged as a WWE match but, living in South Africa, I can see why he would want to do that.

July 19, 2011 10:07 pm

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vanquert

First of all I can confirm that this is not a rigged clip. And the mercedes belongs to the thief. The thief is not a car thief but had broken into the farmers supermarked. On the other hand the farmer is now being sued because of the damages done to the car, but since this is Norway I don't think he will get far with his claims. After all he is a thief:) Source: http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10096668

July 19, 2011 10:40 pm

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Decypha

Now that makes plenty sense.

July 20, 2011 2:13 am

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schizo

Wow...that for breaking into his supermarket... Can you imagine what he'd do if he caught someone with his wife in the barn???

July 20, 2011 8:00 am

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