Towing company hands stolen car back, but not to owner
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WINNIPEG — A western Manitoba man says he is dumbfounded after his car was stolen, impounded by a Winnipeg towing company and given back — to someone that wasn’t him.
Cody Lamb lives in Douglas, about 18 kilometres east of Brandon, but spends weeks away from home working on oil rigs in Alberta.
The 24-year-old says on Sept. 11, while away for work, he heard from his girlfriend who told him his car wasn’t in their driveway. Lamb reported the car stolen to Brandon RCMP the same day.
After filing the report, he heard from Steinbach RCMP on Oct. 1 that his car was recovered that day in Mitchell, just west of Steinbach.
The officer also told him that his car had been impounded on Sept. 21 by a Winnipeg towing company, which he later learned was Tartan Towing, after being ticketed.
However, Lamb also found out his car had been released from the company’s compound. He doesn’t know who drove off with it, but it wasn’t him.
Lamb said he believes that Tartan released the vehicle to the thief who stole it.
“I’m in Alberta. I can’t even be there to sign off on the vehicle for them to release it,” he said. “It’s very weird that my car was given to someone that wasn’t me.”
A Tartan Towing employee confirmed that the company impounded the stolen vehicle on Sept. 21 because of a parking ticket, and released it the same day.
The stolen vehicle was reported through the national database that’s shared across police departments and jurisdictions, an RCMP spokesperson said. The theft is still under investigation.
RCMP said the car had two different licence plates attached when it was found Oct. 1. The different plates should have alerted Tartan Towing that it was a suspicious vehicle, Lamb believes.
The vehicle is currently in police custody, and Lamb doesn’t know when he can get it back.
He’s worried it’s a case of Tartan Towing not fully vetting who is picking up the cars it tows, he said.
» Winnipeg Free Press