Business owner disappointed in police efforts to locate $500K worth of stolen e-bikes
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The owner of an e-bike business says he has doubts police will find the roughly $500,000 worth of product that was stolen from a shipping container last week, while police say he “complicated” their investigation by posting video of the theft.
The owner of an e-bike business says he has doubts police will find the roughly $500,000 worth of product that was stolen from a shipping container last week, while police say he “complicated” their investigation by posting video of the theft.
Roshan Thomas released a video to social media Friday that showed security footage of two suspects stealing the container with the e-bikes from a warehouse on Annacis Island in Delta just after 1 a.m. on March 19.
The shipping trailer and empty container were located in an industrial area in Langley on March 22.
“Two years of efforts that I’ve put in to bring these bikes to production and it seems like, you can be hardworking and honest and people come steal sh*t from you, and there’s nothing you can do,” said Thomas, owner of Biktrix.
Thomas shared the video in hopes that people would recognize the unique-looking 'Juggernaut' model of electric bikes if they ended up sold on the streets or online.
Delta police, however, said Thomas “complicated” the investigation by releasing the video.
“It’s advantageous for us to keep some of those investigative avenues to ourselves while they’re ongoing," said James Sandberg, public affairs manager with the Delta Police Department. "So when certain things get publicized, it makes it a little more difficult to investigate.”
