C.B.P. News Release

Baltimore CBP Helps Break D.C.-Area Motorcycle Theft Ring

(Friday, October 30, 2009)

Baltimore – Baltimore Customs and Border Protection officers helped put an end to a motorcycle theft ring and recovered eight motorcycles stolen from Maryland and Virginia.

The last two motorcycles – a 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750 reported stolen from Montgomery County, Md., and a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R600 reported stolen from Prince William County, Va., – were recovered from a shipping container on Monday that was en route to Bolivia.

The recoveries were part of an ongoing Fairfax County, Va., Police and CBP investigation into an auto theft ring that disassembled motorcycles and smuggled them out of the country in salvage vehicles exported in shipping containers.

Fairfax County Police made three arrests.

CBP officers in Baltimore were able to determine that this motorcycle, being shipped out of the country, had been reported stolen.

“This is an extraordinary example of a federal-state law enforcement partnership that ended a significant theft ring of late model motorcycles,â€