Shortly after 1.26 am the States police appealed to Islanders on social media for information about the vehicle.
They asked people to report any sightings of the left-hand-drive blue Mercedes V220 which had reportedly gone missing from an address near Cheapside.
For around four hours officers kept a look-out for the missing vehicle.
However, the force confirmed that at 5.02 am the man contacted them to say that he had found the van parked and locked up in a nearby street – where he had left it.
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