Delta Police are trying to track down thieves who stole a shipping container full of E-bikes from a warehouse on Annacis Island.
Police say that just after 1 a.m. on March 19, a semi-tractor entered an insecure warehouse lot on Annacis Island, backed under a shipping container and chassis positioned against the warehouse. Two suspects exited the truck and completed connecting to the trailer and then drove away within minutes.
The theft was reported to police approximately 12 hours later.
In the shipping container was 150 Biktrix electric bicycles with a declared value of $500,000. The theft was captured on CCTV from the warehouse facility.
Three days later, on March 22, Township of Langley Bylaw officers attended the area of 262nd St and 30A Ave for a complaint of an illegally parked semi-trailer. Bylaw officers determined that the illegally parked trailer was the stolen trailer from Delta.
Langley RCMP assumed conduct of the trailer recovery. The trailer was empty and missing its license plate. A video canvass of the area did not show the trailer being parked and left at the location. The canvass identified a witness who advised the trailer had been parked at the location on March 18. To date, efforts to identify the tractor have not been successful.
“The Delta Police Department has a team of officers working to identify and hold accountable the people responsible for this theft and attempt to recover the stolen property,” said DPD media spokesperson A/Insp. James Sandberg. “The theft was a crime of opportunity, and not specifically directed at Biktrix’s shipment.”
Sandberg added that Biktrix company representatives have been sharing evidence via media interviews and social media, which has complicated the police’s ability to conduct investigations overtly and covertly.
Anyone with information about this theft, the suspects, the truck used in the theft, or the location of the stolen electric bicycles, are asked to contact Delta Police at 604-946-4411 and quote file 24-4794. To remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
