After 7 months, he got his $200k bike back on Facebook

On this occasion, the victim, a 37-year-old man, never lost hope of recovering it and, as in most robberies of this type, the victims themselves usually browse social networks before a possible offer for the sale of the stolen property. .

This is how this week, seven months after the theft, the neighbor identified and recognized his bicycle in a publication on the social network Facebook, "thanks to characteristics that made it unique," the commissioner explained. "He informed us and we worked to contact the person who was selling this item. It was found that it was a false profile, but a meeting was arranged in the center and thus the bicycle that had been stolen was recovered. ", Commissioner Smith highlighted.

The meeting took place in Brown and Elordi streets of Neuquén capital, on Tuesday morning. During the procedure, once the two people who presented themselves as the sellers could not prove that it was their property, the frame number was verified, which coincided with the one reported.

For this reason, the vehicle was kidnapped and the two people, who were father and son, 66 and 36 years old, respectively, were detained. "In principle they were notified for the crime of concealment, but it will be investigated if they are related to the robbery itself," Smith explained, adding that after the rigorous actions, by order of the prosecution, the bike was restored to his owner, who had "an enormous happiness".

"Bicycles are elements that, like cell phones, those who have them leave them stored for a while and when they think that people are no longer looking for them, they activate them again," the commissioner confided regarding the criminals who offer the stolen goods. on social networks.

Finally, he stressed that they should always file the complaint. "Many people think that the elements are not going to recover anymore, but here the importance of the complaint," he said, as well as indicating that the SiBici Registry, of the Municipality of Neuquén, is very useful.