Biktrix CEO and founder Roshan Thomas has made a public appeal to help find the stolen e-bikes, but Delta police say it’s getting in the way of their investigation
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Police in Delta are investigating after a trailer containing 150 electric bicycles was stolen on Tuesday.
In a news release on Sunday, Delta Police detailed how a semi-tractor entered an unsecure warehouse lot on Annacis Island at 1:01 a.m. on Tuesday, backing under a shipping container anon ad trailer parked outside, against the wall of a warehouse.
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Two suspects, a man and a woman dressed in dark clothes and trying to conceal their identity, got out of the semi and connected it to the trailer. They were gone within minutes.
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The semi is described as a white Freightliner daycab tractor with “Ryder” written on the doors.
The theft was reported to police 12 hours later, at 12:58 p.m. on Tuesday.
The shipping container had 150 Biktrix e-bikes in it worth around $500,000. The theft was captured on video from the warehouse facility.
Three days later, on Friday, Township of Langley bylaw officers found the stolen trailer in the area of 262nd Street and 30A Ave, after a complaint of an illegally-parked semi-trailer.
The trailer, however, was empty and missing its licence plates.
A witnesstold police that the trailer had been parked there since Monday, a day before it had been stolen.
Delta police say Biktrix company representatives have been making evidence public through interviews and social media, which has complicated the police’s ability to investigate covertly.
A video posted on YouTube on Friday by Biktrix CEO and founder Roshan Thomas about the theft has had nearly 4,000 views online.
In it, Thomas says his Delta warehouse was targeted by thieves and asks the public to help locate the e-bikes.
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“This isn’t just about the financial loss of over $500,000, but’s really a punch to the gut of our team and community.”
Thomas also goes on to show which types of e-bikes were stolen, in case they’re spotted on the street.
The whereabouts of the stolen e-bikes is not known and efforts to identify the semi-tractor involved have not been successful.
The Delta Police encourage all businesses to consider security measures to protect their valuable assets, including securing compounds and yards, on-site security, GPS tracking and utilizing pin-locks for their trailers that contain high-value shipments.
Should you have any information about this theft, the suspects, the truck used in the theft, or the location of the stolen electric bicycles, please call the Delta Police Department at (604) 946-4411 and quote file 24-4794. Alternatively, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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