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lynx
Putting bikes in vans is an amateur's trick.
Police say that most thieves do this, but they mean most thieves that are caught do this.
Successful bike thieves break locks, hotwire bikes, defeat alarms and ride away.
Even a slow bike can escape from a police car most of the time, whereas vans get stuck in traffic and deliver the thieves to the scene of their arrest.