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NewsWhore
02-21-2007, 02:00 PM
A 24-year old man went and stole a car in the Peking section of Santiago de los Caballeros. The vehicle, one of the hundreds of "publicos" used to transport passengers along a fixed route, was then used by the same man to earn money for drugs. The accused thief was spotted by local residents as he plied his "trade" along the same route the car's real owner worked to earn his living. Owner Tony Vasquez chased the car and eventually captured the thief on the Beltway along the Yaque River. According to Listin Diario, the drug addict, who is known only as "Cuncun" is a neighbor of Vasquez, and the car was recovered near a gas station in the Ingenio area. One of the members of the small posse that gave chase to the stolen car told Listin Diario reporters that when Cuncun was cornered he gave up and admitted that he had taken the car to earn some money to feed his drug habit. Fortunately, local security people were able to keep the thief from being lynched, and he was turned over to the police. According to one witness, Severino Cabrera, "Cuncun" told the arresting officer that he had not "stolen the car, but just borrowed it..."

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