Thieves targeting tyres and other car parts

Modus operandi: Chong showing how a pneumatic torque wrench is used to remove the nuts holding the wheel.

A DIFFERENT kind of theft is taking place now and it does not involve the whole car, just the tyres and other parts.

The thieves are targeting car tyres, bumpers and insignias instead of the whole car because most are equipped with vehicle tracking devices, alarms and automatic fuel cut-off with Geo Fence Global Positioning System.