In the first half of 2022, there were four cases of lost truck loads in the Northern Upper Palatinate. The trucks contained a total of more than 800 bicycles. A suspicious haulage company no longer exists in the meantime. According to the Upper Palatinate police, the haulage company was obviously a phantom company that was only set up for the purpose of committing crimes.

In the meantime, the company no longer exists and contact has been lost, according to the police. No suspects have yet been identified. There have already been various similar cases across Europe in which this phantom haulage company is said to have been involved. The value of the stolen bicycles amounts to more than 1,600,000 euros.