[TOR] "Last week to check Toronto stolen bike cache"

[rfmcdonald]

Thus ends one stage of one of the strangest bike theft stories in Toronto's history.

Toronto residents looking for stolen bicycles have one more week to check a cache seized from bike shop owner Igor Kenk, police said.

Authorities seized about 3,000 bicycles from several properties owned by Kenk in July.

He was arrested and faces a long list of theft and drug-related charges.

If people don't come to the police warehouse to check for their bicycles, they may not have a chance to do so again, although it's not clear yet what police will do with the stolen bikes, said Detective-Const. Eric Andre on the weekend.

"Right now, as of this point, [Kenk] hasn't forfeited any of the property," he said. "But there could be something ahead of us shortly."

Toronto police say they're exhausting all avenues to get Kenk to forfeit the bikes, but wouldn't elaborate.

People can look for their stolen bikes until Sept. 7.