Bike theft in the UK

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http://news.sky.com/story/were-not-vigilantes-the-biker-community-confronting-thieves-11702479

[John Schmidt]

With ad blocker on and restrictive cookie control, there's many links posted on here that won't let me open them. This link is one of them and I'm OK with that, my settings cut way down on "stuff/junk" in which I have no interest.

[Psychotic Bovine]

Shocking, the UK police don't like it.
And a 100 pound fee to get your recovered bike back from the police?!?  What are the taxes for?!?

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Shocking, the UK police don't like it.
And a 100 pound fee to get your recovered bike back from the police?!?  What are the taxes for?!?

Tax money is for non citizens in many instances.