Stolen bike success

[Growmac]

Well that was an exciting but weird evening. 3 of our bikes got stolen from outside the pub tonight. Two guys cut the locks and threw them in a van, got disturbed so didn’t get the rest.

Bystander got a description of the van and a partial plate. Already tipped the police off it was a Bristol gang. Then the AirTag I have in my bike pinged. Address in Bath.

Police hightailed it there. Got the bikes, nicked two guys, and recovered the van which was stolen. Can go get the bikes back in the morning.

What a result. Police were fabulous. Weird night though.

 

[Hobo Mikey]

Nice one, glad you get your bikes back and the scum were caught.

 

[irie]

Wow, brilliant result

 

[chrismechmaster]

So pleased to hear this
Hope the thieving scum get what they deserve

All thanks to a air tag ( I have them on all my bikes ) and sadly I know people say there pointless but here proof they were the reason the bikes were found and the scum arrested

 

[Ou812]

So pleased to hear this
Hope the thieving scum get what they deserve

All thanks to a air tag ( I have them on all my bikes ) and sadly I know people say there pointless but here proof they were the reason the bikes were found and the scum arrested

This is the UK, no criminal ever gets what they deserve here.

 

[Ark]

This is the UK, no criminal ever gets what they deserve here.

you can garuntee the guy gets a suspended sentence, even if hes already serving a suspended sentence.

 

[Ou812]

you can garuntee the guy gets a suspended sentence, even if hes already serving a suspended sentence.

My brother-in-law is a DI up here in Scotland, he’s already got another job lined up and will be leaving the police in a month. He was telling me it’s a waste of time, they put a tonne of man hours into an investigation only to have the person get a slap on the wrist during sentencing.

 

[TimC7]

All about the cost of locking them up. If we didn't have all the tax avoiding politicians and their non-dom mates constantly ripping us off and paying zero tax there would be more money to help with all social problems, roads, councils, NHS etc etc [rant over].

 

[E-MAD MALC]

Well that was an exciting but weird evening. 3 of our bikes got stolen from outside the pub tonight. Two guys cut the locks and threw them in a van, got disturbed so didn’t get the rest.

Bystander got a description of the van and a partial plate. Already tipped the police off it was a Bristol gang. Then the AirTag I have in my bike pinged. Address in Bath.

Police hightailed it there. Got the bikes, nicked two guys, and recovered the van which was stolen. Can go get the bikes back in the morning.

What a result. Police were fabulous. Weird night though.

A good result at the end of the day
Just goes to show tracking devices can work

 

[Mikehorti]

Really pleased for you @Growmac that you got the bikes back. Other than sitting on your bike at the bar, you couldn’t have done much more to protect them. There’s nowhere to put the scum bags hence they get away with a slap on the wrist and so they are more brazen than ever.

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[Growmac]

I dropped about 10 kg of Sold Secure Chain and padlocks off at the pub last night. Hopefully will be a bit harder for someone to cut and run this evening. Wish us luck!