MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - Police are searching for a luxury Maybach car that was stolen from a businessman in north Moscow on Tuesday, a police source said.

The German vehicle, worth around $500,000, was stolen near the National Theatre of Folk Music and Song.

A Maybach 57 was also stolen from a businessman in downtown Moscow in November 2008. Police later found the car and returned it to its owner. Officers failed however to detain the thieves.