28. 07. 10. - 15:00

Sat-nav operation leads to stolen cars

Two Austrians have been reunited with their Mercedes limousines after experts located the stolen cars in the Czech Republic.

Motorists association ÖAMTC said today (Weds) it informed Interpol after tracking down the expensive vehicles which were stolen in Vienna on Monday.

Czech police, who confiscated the S-Class motors in capital Prague, have started investigating the crime in a bid to arrest the thieves.

ÖAMTC said its high-tech sat-nav devices can track down stolen cars across the world if drivers implant a chip inside. The club stressed it offered the system also on a temporary basis, for example for holidaymakers using their cars to go abroad.