Bicycle thief strikes next to police station | Antwerp
AntwerpA bicycle thief took the courageous, or stupid, decision on Tuesday morning to make his move next to the police station on the Oudaan. He tried to get away with his loot, but was stopped a few minutes later by the police who were able to monitor everything via CCTV footage.
A very brave bicycle thief climbed over the fence of the closed bicycle shed of the police building on the Oudaan yesterday morning. He took a race bike, hoisted it over the fence, and rode it off, intending to leave town. Apparently the man had forgotten that there are cameras all over town.
Even before he was well and truly at the Gemeentestraat, he could be stopped by one of the approaching intervention teams. These were controlled by the operators of the Realtime Intelligence Center. The bike that was stolen has been returned to its owner. The man himself was taken to the detention center. The 37-year-old suspect also broke off a saddle from another bicycle and took it with him.
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