[IshKebab]

Yeah this is an amazing story. The only bike theft I've ever heard of where the police actually did something.

It does reconfirm just how little they care about bike theft though - literally all they had to do was email the thief and he would come to them! But no even that is too much work.

[boomerango]

The frustrating thing is that if the police even occasionally stung bike thieves, theft would likely decrease disproportionately. Something about not having total impunity…

[jacquesm]

They do that in NL, google 'lokfiets'. In NL stealing a bike puts you at roughly the same level as a horse thief in the Wild West. We just don't hang them from trees. Unfortunately here too the police is often too busy with more important work to go after stolen bikes but since the really bad days (the 80's) bike theft here has definitely gone down. I still wouldn't leave a high value bike (say a newish e-bike or a nice racer) out of my sight though.