Sunday, August 3, 2008

Bike thefts and organized crime?

Alleged bike thief Igor Kenk was released from the Don Jail earlier on Saturday. Kenk is facing 58 drug and theft-related charges stemming from a series of police raids that found hundreds of bikes and quantities of drugs.

When questioned as to his plans he said 'I'm a dead man'. Perhaps that's just the natural reaction of someone facing a potentially significant jail term or perhaps it means something else.

There is little doubt that the bike theft rings recently uncovered are far more organized than a few kids stealing bikes from school. Thousands of bike and millions of dollars are involved. Perhaps Mr. Kenk has more serious concerns than jail?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If it's the same guy I smoked with, Kenk used to supply most of the couriers with pot (for cash or parts) who that they resold. He had a great operation going. Nothing too serious, though. Never any heavies around.

Of course, the cops will probably try and make this into something huge to try (and fail) to turn public opinion against legalizing pot.