It all went down in the town of Altrincham in Greater Manchester, England, where a group of thieves raided the local Manchester Motorbike Store. Having procured themselves £20,000 worth of bikes without paying a quid, the thieves fled the scene riding the stolen monsters and leaving a trail of blueish smoke behind them.
Unfortunately for them, they were immediately spotted by a group of officers, who found the Yamaha R1, Honda 1000 Fireblade and Honda CBR 600 making a run for it at the same time to be a bit suspicious. Fortunately for the thieves, police are much nicer than they were originally believed to be.
Aside for watching the bikes fly away, the officers also noticed the thieves were not wearing helmets. True to the knighthood code dating back to the doubtful King Arthur and his knights still running through their veins, police decided it wouldn't be fair to give chase to a group of villains not properly equipped. So they didn't even bother...
The store owner, Tony Crawford, is naturally pi**ed.
"Police told me that they had seen them speed off, but that they don't give chase to people on bikes as it is too dangerous,” Crawford told Daily Mail.
'It seems strange that they can't chase these people when they're right there in front of them, and obviously if they had I might have my bikes back.”
Police say they didn't reach the decision not to chase the thieves on their own. Apparently, the thieves have to thank the duty inspector for this.
“When police officers attended to this incident, suspects were seen driving off on motorbikes. 'The officers were asked not to pursue the suspects as they were not wearing the correct safety equipment and were not wearing helmets, so it is clear to me the correct decision was taken,” Superintendent Steve Nibloe told the source.
The heist is apparently linked to another one which took place at the Ducati Manchester store in Sale last month. Back then, £25,000 of clothing and three bikes worth £12,000 were stolen.
Of course, having learned this neat trick, we expect the robbers to continue with their unlawful activities undisturbed. Who knows, perhaps next time police will let them off because they ran away with the bikes without breaking the speed limit.
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