Japanese man finds own stolen Porsche on Internet

November 24, 2000
Web posted at: 11:29 AM HKT (0329 GMT)

TOKYO (Reuters) -- A 26-year-old Japanese man, playing detective online, discovered his own stolen Porsche for sale on the Internet at a used car lot's Web site, Japanese media reported.

The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said the man trawled through Tokyo used car dealers' Web sites after his 1997 Porsche Boxter was stolen from his home in a wealthy area of Tokyo in September.

After wading through inventories of about 100,000 vehicles, he narrowed his search down to about 20 1997 Boxters. Of those, one had about the same mileage as his, the newspaper said.

It said police suspect organised crime may have been behind the theft.

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