{"id":293367,"date":"2025-07-26T13:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/293367\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T13:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:21:15","slug":"suspected-stolen-bikes-recovered-from-birmingham-house-as-police-share-pictures-of-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/293367\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected stolen bikes recovered from Birmingham house as police share pictures of haul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The seized haul included a mix of off-road bikes, scooters and motorcyles<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_JS376242615.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Multiple suspected stolen off-road bikes were seized from a property in Sutton Colfield. West Midlands Police shared a picture of the haul on Saturday July 26(Image: West Midlands  Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Multiple suspected stolen off-road bikes were seized from a property in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> shared pictures of the haul on Saturday morning, July 26, showing the haul, which included one 2020 plate bike, tied to the back of a recovery truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The force confirmed a teenager was arrested on suspicion of theft and and handling stolen goods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-mosque-stages-crash-brutal-32138461\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham mosque stages crash in brutal warning over issues on roads<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/criminals-who-risked-holiday-paid-32105110\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The criminals who risked it all on a &#8216;holiday&#8217; and paid the ultimate price<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The bikes were recovered from an address on Wyatt Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/sutton-coldfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sutton Coldfield<\/a>, and were being examined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Bikers were also warned about making their wheels safe by taking precautions to prevent theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A West Midlands Police spokesperson said on July 26: &#8220;A number of stolen off-road bikes have been seized from a house in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753536075_523_0_JS376242615.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Multiple suspected stolen off-road bikes were seized from a property in Sutton Colfield. West Midlands Police shared a picture of the haul on Saturday July 26(Image: West Midlands  Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Officers from the Sutton and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/erdington\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Erdington<\/a> neighbourhood team carried out searches at an address in Wyatt Road, where they recovered nine off-road bikes, motorcycles and scooters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A teenager was arrested on suspicion of theft of motor vehicles and handling stolen goods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He has since been bailed with strict conditions while our enquiries continue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The bikes are being examined and should be reunited with their owners in due course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;In 2024, more than 5,000 stolen vehicles of all types were recovered by our teams across the West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Our teams are working daily to track down those responsible and break up the criminal networks who profit from vehicle theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;There are a number of things you can do to keep your bikes safe from theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Visit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westmidlands.police.uk\/cp\/crime-prevention\/keeping-vehicles-safe\/theft-motorcycles-scooters\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Protect your motorcycle, moped or scooter from theft | West Midlands Police<\/a> to find out more.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The seized haul included a mix of off-road bikes, scooters and motorcylesMultiple suspected stolen off-road bikes were seized&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,7829,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-293367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sutton-coldfield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114919748485368420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}