The police check both the technical condition and the origin. “There were many thefts of Fatbikes lately,” the police said. For example, there was another one at the beginning of this week Fatbike stolen from a bicycle shop In Wormerveer.

Dozens of fines in Purmerend

At different locations and times, enforcers will check for the Fatbikes. During one of the first checks, at a school in Purmerend, some fines were already handed out. In addition, the control led to an arrest: a fatbike appeared to be registered as stolen.

“The young man was allowed to go to the desk to do his side of the story. Research showed that he had bought the Fatbike from another boy for a normal amount, he could also prove this,” the police say.

The case was stopped against this. However, a case was started against the so -called ‘healer’, the boy who had sold the stolen Fatbike.

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