“Lebanon Debate”
The series of motorcycle theft has returned to the forefront in Akkar Governorate, after an unknown person stole a bike that was parked in front of a citizen’s house in the Al-Rihaniya area in the town of Benin, before fleeing with it to an unknown destination.
The Lebanon Debate correspondent reported that surveillance cameras installed around the house documented the theft, and showed the suspect approaching the bike, seizing it, and leaving the place.
Video recordings would help the security services track the path of the thief and try to determine his identity, based on his appearance and the route he took after carrying out the operation.
The incident brings the issue of motorcycle theft in Akkar back to the forefront, in light of the recurrence of similar operations targeting bikes parked in front of homes, institutions, and on the sides of roads.
Data circulating regarding this type of theft indicate that some bicycles are monitored in advance before they are seized, and then transported to places far from the site of the theft in preparation for changing their structures, external features and numbers, reselling them or dismantling them and selling their parts.
Some stolen bicycles may also be used to carry out illegal acts, taking advantage of their ease of movement and difficulty in tracking them after changing their features, which gives the pursuit of these thefts a security importance that goes beyond their material value.
The incident once again raises questions about the mechanisms for monitoring bicycle theft and disposal networks, and the necessity of intensifying patrols and making use of surveillance cameras spread in neighborhoods and roads, with the aim of uncovering those involved and reducing the spread of the phenomenon.
