Meet Australia’s dumbest thief: Man uploads Snapchat video with the caption ‘new bike’ on Facebook – before owner spots it and retrieves it
- Man from Adelaide allegedly nicked motorcyle in the city’s northern suburbs
- He bragged about it in a Snapchat video with the brazen caption ‘new bike’
- Bike’s owner Bradley Brown posted a status on Facebook asking for information
- Someone who had seen Snapchat video told Mr Brown he knew where bike was
This is the Snapchat video that the alleged thief shared
An alleged thief has been caught after he boasted about his ‘new bike’ in a Snapchat video.
The man from Adelaide allegedly nicked the motorcyle in the city’s northern suburbs.
He bragged about it in a Snapchat video with the caption ‘new bike’.
Meanwhile, the bike’s owner Bradley Brown posted a status on Facebook saying his bike was stolen, including pictures.
Someone who had seen the Snapchat video told Mr Brown that he knew who had allegedly stolen his bike.
Mr Brown called police who went round to the alleged’s thief’s house and recovered the bike.
Mr Brown told Today Tonight how the recovery operation unfolded.
‘I got home and had a message from someone on Facebook saying your bike’s at this address,’ he said.
‘She sent me a snapchat video of my bike.’
Mr Brown said he went to the alleged thief’s house and he tried to get away before he was caught.
He was devastated that his bike had been damaged.
‘They’ve been doing burnouts on it and broke the steering lock on it,’ he told the programme.
The man from Adelaide allegedly nicked the motorcyle in Adelaide’s northern suburbs. Pictured is the garage where the bike was allegedly being held
Meanwhile, the bike’s owner Bradley Brown (pictured) posted a status on Facebook saying the bike was stolen, including pictures