A local resident noticed the break-in at the Harry Hintermann bicycle store early on Wednesday morning, September 10, 2014, reported it to the Zurich cantonal police operations center and told them that several people were tampering with a bicycle store.

Several patrols from the Zurich cantonal police were deployed to the scene and discovered a break-in. In the course of the immediate manhunt, the police became aware of a van parked nearby. It contained various bicycles, boat engines and license plates. Police investigations revealed that this was criminal property. The twelve brand-name bicycles had been stolen shortly before from Harry Hintermann's bike store in Bubikon. The six new boat motors were linked to a theft from the canton of St. Gallen. The van had been stolen in the canton of Bern; the license plates were also stolen. According to Hintermann, the perpetrators were able to flee on foot and were not apprehended by the police.

The bicycles, worth several tens of thousands of francs, were returned to the store owner. However, managing director Harry Hintermann has mixed results: the twelve stolen bikes, worth around 70,000 francs, are back in the store, but with various paint damages that are an unpleasant reminder of the theft.

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