A man jumped out of a moving car after he was allegedly held up at knifepoint in Whangarei yesterday.
Police say the 28-year-old victim was parked on Lichfield St when three females and a male allegedly approached his black BMW with a weapon and took his car with him still inside.
For half an hour the man was allegedly assaulted by his captors as he sat in the front passenger seat. He eventually escaped by jumping from the moving car on Otaika Valley Rd and helped by a member of the public who came to his aid.
His stolen BMW was found by police more than two hours later 100km away, just outside Warkworth.