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18 May 2015
A Star News Group Publication
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■ Victim turns vigilante to find stolen ute...
Take down hero A UTE theft victim turned sleuth when he staked out a suspect vehicle and restrained a man in a dramatic citizen’s arrest while trying to track down his stolen ute. Yaz Ejupovic went on the hunt after his HSV Maloo and $6500 worth of tools were stolen from the driveway of his Keysborough home while he nipped inside for his forgotten apple at 6.15am on Friday 8 May. After an initially fruitless search of the neighbourhood with his older brother, the 29-year-old noticed a suspicious-looking vehicle parked on the wrong side of the road in a nearby street. When he investigated the vehicle, the out of work electrician found the car’s keys on the top of the wheel and then discovered items inside which aroused his suspicions. When a man eventually returned to the car Mr Ejupovic approached and showed him the keys. He alleged the man reached for a screwdriver. Mr Ejupovic and his brother were able to restrain the man until police arrived. “Honestly to tell you the truth, I was more angry than anything,” Mr Ejupovic said.
“I was using the car for work. It’s not my car, it’s my father’s car and I borrowed it and loaded it up. “I was made redundant last year, financially I didn’t have much savings, and I’d just got back on my feet and then this happened. “I was just furious.” The arrest led police to raid a property in The Fairway, Hampton Park, at 10.30pm where they seized two stolen cars – including the ute and a Nissan 180SX – and $30,000 worth of power tools, $20,000 worth of electrical equipment, a quantity of ice and marijuana, and a sawn-off shotgun. Mr Ejupovic said he had been left unable to work because while the $27,000 ute and tools would eventually be returned to him, he didn’t know when because they were needed as evidence, and he was also unsure how much of the car’s damage would be covered by insurance. “I can’t work because literally every tool I own is in that car, something as simple as pliers are in that car. “It’s stuffed me up pretty bad,” he said. Two men and one woman have been charged with car theft, drugs and firearms offences.
Cool in a crisis
NINE-year-old Bhoomika Gundlur is a triple zero hero after dialling emergency services when her baby sister began choking. Bhoomika called the emergency services for her mum who was caring for Bhoomika’s baby sister when the infant started choking on her first day home from the hospital. Bhoomika was able to translate the operator’s questions for her mum during the scary situation. Read more about how Bhoomika saved the day on page 13. 139071 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
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