A man has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison for stealing a £30,000 car from a local dealership – following an investigation by the Royal Gibraltar Police.

Egyptian national Mohamed Ahmed, 33, of no fixed place of abode, was sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court today after pleading guilty to a charge of Theft.

The court heard how Ahmed was previously employed as a service technician at the dealership, before he was dismissed on the 11th of June this year.

Following his a subsequent stock check by the business, staff noticed that a vehicle was missing.

Internal CCTV cameras were checked, which caught Ahmed taking the vehicle from the garage on 6 June.

The matter was reported to the RGP and following an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department, officers found that the vehicle left Gibraltar on 14th of June via the vehicle exit point into Spain.

CID detectives arrested Ahmed on the 27th of June and during interview he admitted to parking the vehicle in Algeciras, Spain. 

In a joint operation with Policia Nacional officers, who found the vehicle, it was returned to the Rock.

Following his arrest, Ahmed was remanded at HM Prison Windmill Hill, where he will now finish the remainder of his sentence.