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What is the longest amount of time you can leave your bike unattended in Dunedin?
The answer for one unlucky cyclist was 13 seconds.
On Wednesday morning, a 31-year-old man rode a bike into the Dunedin Central Police Station and was promptly arrested for breaching bail conditions, Constable Eli Stafford-Rogers said.
Further investigations revealed the man was suspected of stealing a bicycle from the Dunedin Bus Hub earlier in the week and theft from a Dunedin business.
Officers recognised the bike he rode in on as one that had been stolen from the bus hub.
The man was caught on CCTV walking up to the unsecured bike exactly 13 seconds after the owner had turned their back.
“It may not be an official record, but it's certainly one of the quickest bicycle thefts I've seen,” Const Stafford-Rogers said.
He said it was a timely reminder that people should secure bikes even if they were to be unattended for even a matter of seconds.
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