Dutchman gets stolen car back from Iraq

Posted on 09-01-2014 at 9:31 by ricardo – 74 Comments”

Filmmakers, would like your attention for the perilous adventure of the IJsselsteinse supplier Mark Syrup.

It reads like a brilliant viral for his rental business, but it seems to be really happened to be. In september last year, to Mark two convertibles rented; a silver-grey Volkswagen Golf cabrio and a black Opel Cascada. The tenants, Sherzad and Mehmed, were found with the cars one day to return, however, in Turkey and drive around. Something that Mark closely could follow, since the rental cars are equipped with a track & trace system.

Against HLN says Mark:

“”Sometimes I do that, on the computer watching where my car’s around. So I see that cars in Turkey, drive! While they are a day later back to his. Then you know: that’s not good. And they went also in the direction of Syria. I thought: my god, I got them to jihadis rented.”

Not much later, saw the Mark that the cars along the Syrian border towards Iraq were transported. After attempts by the embassy blockade to be lifted failed, he decided himself on the back. A financial disaster of 75,000 threatened, uninsured, of course.

Since you are in a foreign country, however, some help can use, he switched from one mr. Saman, a Kurdish Dutchman with a politieachtergrond that operate in the region was a police office. This switched on the spot, a ‘knowledge’ in which his Kalashnikov in the boot of the car threw, and with four, they went on boevenjacht.

The lord Sherzad and Mehmed had the tracking device from the car demolished, but thanks to a rough idea of the location managed the pursuers, with the help of the local authorities the cars to pick back up. So a lot of brand new European convertibles drive there, after all, also not in Iraq around. I think.

The end of the song is that Syrups are cars again terugheeft. Cars that with him, every time he a quick look, a unique back-story will be bubbling.

Photo: not the thieves, but a roomblank Opel-reclamepaartje, including the 1001-night-landscape!