Carjackings usually don’t end with the alleged thief returning the vehicle with a full tank of gas — but that’s exactly what happened in Nova Scotia this past weekend. 
 
 According to Nova Scotia RCMP, a woman called police on December 9 to report that her vehicle had been stolen from a parking lot. 
 
 The owner of the vehicle said that she parked next to an identical vehicle that she was driving. When she returned back from shopping, her vehicle was gone. 
 
 But it turns out that the person who stole the car didn’t mean to take it at all. Police say the other motorist departed the business, climbed into the wrong vehicle –which was identical to his– and drove off. 
 
 Somehow, his key fob managed to work for the other car and unlock it. 
 
 The man soon discovered he was in the wrong vehicle and he immediately returned it, but filled up gas first. 
 
 The owner of the vehicle then reimbursed him for the gas, and all was well. 
 
 Talk about the most Canadian car theft, ever. 
 
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 Simran Singh Simran is a Staff Writer at Daily Hive. She enjoys writing about culture, society, and politics. Email her: @SimranRoohi Simran is a Staff Writer at Daily Hive. She enjoys writing about culture, society, and politics. Email her: [email protected] 
 
 Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. ||||| Just after 6:30 p.m. last evening Halifax District RCMP responded to a 911 call of a vehicle having been stolen from the parking lot at a business on Hammonds Plains Rd. in Hammonds Plains. 
 
 A motorist reported they had parked beside an identical vehicle to what they were driving, entered the business and when they came out their vehicle was gone. As it turned out, another motorist had departed the business, climbed in the wrong vehicle and drove off. A short time later, they discovered they had driven off in the wrong vehicle. However, prior to this realization, they had filled the vehicle with gas. The vehicle was returned to it's owner and the motorist was reimbursed for the fuel they had placed in the other person's vehicle. 
 
 Although it doesn't appear either vehicle was left running, it serves as a reminder that vehicle thefts do occur during the winter months when vehicles are left running and unattended. Therefore, RCMP remind motorists to ensure your vehicle is secured at all times and not left running when you are not in it. 
 
 File# 18-189416 ||||| HALIFAX—A Halifax vehicle mix-up had a happy ending after a car taken by the wrong owner was returned with a full tank of gas. Just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Halifax RCMP responded to a 911 call about a vehicle being stolen from the parking lot at a business on Hammonds Plains Rd. in Hammonds Plains. 
 
 RCMP say the case of a stolen car was quickly solved after the person who mistakenly drove off with it returned the SUV with a full tank of gas. ( FRED TANNEAU / AFP/Getty Images ) 
 
 The woman caller told police that she had parked beside a car that looked identical to hers and entered the business, but when she came out her car was gone. As it turned out, police said another man had left the business, climbed in the wrong vehicle, and drove off. Halifax RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Dal Hutchinson said while such a situation is “very rare,” the confusion was understandable given that the cars were both white Hyundai Santa Fes (a 2016 and 2017) parked side by side. 
 
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 A short time later, the man did discover he had taken the wrong car. However, he filled the tank before coming to the realization. The vehicle was returned to its owner and police said the man was even reimbursed for the fuel he had put into the woman’s car. “Happy ending for everyone,” Hutchinson said in an interview Monday. To be fair, Hutchinson said it’s not that unusual to let yourself into a car that you think at first might be yours—he’s done it himself. “I jumped in, turned quickly and looked—and the woman sitting in the passenger side wasn’t my wife. My wife was in the next vehicle watching this, laughing,” Hutchinson said. 
 
 Although police said it doesn’t appear either vehicle was left running, and Hutchinson didn’t have more information on whether keys were left in the woman’s car, the RCMP are reminding drivers to make sure their vehicles are locked and not left running if unattended. “We might run into a business while our car is running, and that’s an opportunity for people to pounce on, and unfortunately there are those that would take advantage, ” Hutchinson said. “But in this case, it was one of those situations where it was an honest mistake.” 
 
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– Cops thought they were looking for a car thief. Turns out, it was just somebody a little absent-minded. It seems that a shopper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, returned to the parking lot, hopped in the wrong car, and drove away, according to a police statement. Both cars were white Hyundai Santa Fes, and they were parked next to other, reports the Toronto Star. The errant driver even gassed up the vehicle before realizing his mistake. It's not clear how he was able to start the car; it wasn't left running, but his key fob somehow worked, per the Daily Hive, which calls him the "most Canadian car thief ever." He finally returned to the scene of the not-really crime, and all was cleared up. The woman whose car he took even reimbursed him for the gas. “Happy ending for everyone,” says a police spokesman. (Two young teens raised the ante on joy-riding by stealing a plane.)