A CAR theft victim has been re-united with his beloved Mini after finding it parked up in Newton Abbot.
The surprised owner alerted police on Monday evening to say he had come across his vehicle abandoned in Bradley Lane, near Linden Terrace.
Officers swooped at the location just after 5pm to check the details before recovering the vehicle from the scene.
A police spokesman the Mini had been snatched from Combeinteignhead on August 28.
The thief remains at large.