‘So much for a clean getaway’, an Australian car thief recently may have thought back about his crime. After the culprit had stolen a white Subaru, he decided to give it a good clean in the dark of night. But since the stolen car had a tracker AND the Morphett Vale car wash has cameras installed, the police decided to show up.

The car thief clearly took his time to wash the stolen car on his trailer. Almost 40 minutes after he arrived and started washing, the police showed up to arrest him. According to Australian news channel 7News, the car thief has been caught ‘wet-handed’.

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