Motorcyclist turns detective when he spots friend’s stolen dirt bike being wheeled along the side of the road
- Liam Robertson sees what he believes is his friend’s stolen bike in Canada
- He takes a closer look then calls officers and three police vehicles turn up
- Suspected thieves are heard shouting: ‘Let go of me I didn’t steal that bike!’
A motorcyclist sprang into action when he saw two people wheeling what he thought was his friend’s stolen dirt bike.
Liam Robertson was riding down a main road in New Westminster, Canada, when he saw what he believed was the missing motorcycle.
Using his helmet camera, Mr Robertson films the entire incident.
He turns round and rides over to the two people who are wheeling the bike along the roadside behind a sign that says ‘no trespassing’.
Liam Robertson approached two men wheeling a dirt bike by a main road in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
The pair are trying to fit the bike through a gap in the chain link fence that the sign is attached to.
Mr Robertson pretends to offer them help in order to get a closer look at the vehicle.
Once the pair have freed the bike Mr Robertson leaves and calls the police to report them and three police cars arrive.
The pair are trying to fit the bike through a gap in the chain link fence that the sign is attached to and Mr Robertson pretends to offer them help in order to get a closer look at the vehicle
A police officer asks Mr Robertson: ‘What makes you think it’s that bike?’
To which Mr Robertson explains it is the same model and color of the stolen bike belonging to his friend.
He adds that the plastic work has been stripped and the bike had the same skid plate as his friend’s.
A police officer asks Mr Robertson: ‘What makes you think it’s that bike?’ To which Mr Robertson explains it is the same model and color of the stolen bike belonging to his friend
Commotion erupts over by the suspected pair and a policeman runs over to intervene.
One of the suspects can be heard shouting: ‘What would be the point? What’s going on here?’
A scuffle between the suspects and police ensues and ends with the police having to pin them to the ground.
One of the suspects then screams: ‘Let go of me I didn’t steal that bike!
‘Let go of me what is wrong with you people.’
Mr Robertson posted the video to his YouTube page and claims that the two men were both arrested, but police haven’t confirmed this.