Overview

• The 28-year-old owner reported the theft in Munich’s Moosach district and activated the bike’s tracking system, which located it in Austria.
• Austrian police, alerted by Munich officers, stopped a 37-year-old at the border with Hungary carrying four mountain bikes and the tracked pedelec.
• The man could not provide proof of purchase for any of the bicycles found in his possession.
• Police filed a charge for a particularly serious, commercial bicycle theft before releasing the suspect after procedural steps.
• Munich’s Kommissariat 53 is continuing the investigation, with the recovered bicycles held pending verification of ownership.