The Zurich cantonal police received a report shortly after 3 a.m. on the night of September 13 that the Kurbeldreher bicycle store had been broken into and that several men were pushing bicycles away. However, the unknown perpetrators fled before the police arrived.

According to initial findings by the Zurich cantonal police, the perpetrators probably took the bicycles away in a van, which may have been parked near the store. The police have started an investigation and are looking for witnesses.