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A happy Chad Cooke, 18, of Manor Gardens, with the scooter that the police recovered and returned to him just five hours after it was stolen. \tPICTURE: MARILYN BERNARD<\/p>\n
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A KwaZulu-Natal teenager has thanked \u201cgood Samaritan\u201d police for the swift recovery of his scooter after it was stolen on Monday. <\/p>\n
Chad Cooke, 18, of Manor Gardens, was asleep on Monday night when he was woken by the family\u2019s dogs barking in the yard. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was about midnight and I went outside to see what was happening. I went to check the garage and realised that my scooter was missing,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He then realised that the entrance gate to his family\u2019s home had been derailed. <\/p>\n
\u201cI pressed the panic button and our security company was here soon afterwards. They arrived in two cars and searched the property. <\/p>\n
\u201cI got in one car with them and we searched around the neighbourhood, but we could not find anything.\u201d <\/p>\n
The security company told Cooke that the incident would be reported to the police. <\/p>\n
He returned home, thinking he would never see his \u201cbeloved\u201d R10 000 bike again. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was upset and barely slept that night,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
At dawn there was a hoot at the front gate. And there were the police with Cooke\u2019s bike in a van. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
His elated mother, Sharon, said: \u201cI wanted to kiss those police officers because they had done a good job.\u201d <\/p>\n
Cooke took his scooter in for repairs yesterday after finding that the locking mechanism, exhaust and number plate had been broken. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe seat was also broken and the scooter is scratched a lot,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He said the thieves had probably struggled to carry it when they couldn\u2019t get it started without a key. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey obviously dropped it a few times on the road.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Police spokesman Thulani Zwane said that community service centre members had found the bike abandoned in the road. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey returned the bike to the owner,\u201d he said. \u201cThe members are commended for their prompt response, and we are pleased that the owner got his motorbike back.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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