SW police ask: lost your bike?
Bunbury Police officers want to find the owners of more than 40 bikes that have been handed in or seized.
The bikes, many of which were stolen, would eventually be sold if the owners did not come forward, said officer-in-charge acting Sen. Sgt Nicholas Hamer.
Acting Sen. Sgt Hamer said the best way to protect a bike from being stolen was to lock it up and engrave the owner's driver's licence number on the frame.
He said officers found it difficult to match the bikes up by descriptions as many were repainted by thieves.
"What will happen is someone will steal a bike, take it home and get a spray can to change the colour of it," acting Sen. Sgt Hamer said.
He said the idea was to cover the decals so the bike was more difficult to recognise as stolen.
If not claimed bikes in good condition would be taken to Perth to be sold at police auctions.
Others would be "done up" by volunteers at the Salvation Army before being sold.
Acting Sen. Sgt Hamer said people could visit the Bunbury Police Station to reclaim a bike that had been stolen from them and to get their license number engraved on a bike they owned.
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