Haddonfield Police Recover 2 Stolen Cars In Elizabeth

HADDONFIELD, NJ — Haddonfield police recently recovered two stolen cars in the port of Elizabeth before they could be shipped overseas, police announced.

The cars were recovered before they could be loaded into a container and shipped overseas, Haddonfield police said in a social media post.

Police have learned that someone is driving around town looking for sideview mirrors that are not retracted on cars. This indicates that the cars are not locked, police said.

Once inside the car, they search for a car’s start button to see if the key fob is still inside.

They are looking for cars in which the key fob is left inside, because this prevents the car doors from being locked, police said.

They use the key fob to start and then steal the car, police said. They then drive up the New Jersey Turnpike to the Port of Newark-Elizabeth where they are loaded into one of the almost 1 million containers that pass through both ports annually, before the owner is even aware of the theft, police said.

Haddonfield police detectives are working with multiple jurisdictions and agencies in this ongoing investigation.