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If your bike's been stolen in Toronto, there's a chance that it's one of the 150 recovered from a police raid at The Bicycle Clinic (927 Queen Street West) on Thursday night—and that you can get it back this weekend. The day before the raid, police arrested Clinic owner Igor Kenk after (allegedly) watching him tell another man to use a bolt cutter to steal two bikes. (Rumours had been circulating around the Clinic for some time before that.) The recovered bikes from the raid will be on display at Toronto Police's Central Garage (9 Hanna Street, near King and Dufferin) this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and you'll have to bring some proof of ownership with you. Here's the Toronto Police press release, in PDF form.
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The Sun also reveals that
"Cops yesterday also announced they executed search warrants at several locations -- at least three -- including Kenk's store, a residence, and a storage facility, seizing close to more than a kilo of marijuana at the residence the man was living at as well as some cocaine.
"Police weren't confirming last night where the other locations were, but residents who live near them said the house is a two-storey home in Yorkville on Berryman St. and that the garage where 400 to 500 other bikes were reportedly stored is behind a home on Gladstone Ave., north of College St.
"'Imagine a full-blown, out-in-the-sticks junkyard right in the heart of Yorkville,' one neighbourhood resident said last night, describing the scene at Kenk's residence."
I'm sooo glad they finally busted Igor and his "store". I've had friends who have had their bike stolen and then found their exact bike at that store. Such a d-bag.
The viewing hours have been extended to today, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Police announced today that they've recovered 1,500 more bicycles [PDF]. Not sure yet when those are all to be on display, though...