Google Earth detects huge stash of bikes

• Detectives discover a huge stack of bikes via Google Earth.
• 52-year-old man who lives there suspected of theft.
• Police releases the man under investigation.

OXFORD: Google Earth detected a hoard of bikes in the garden of a house, Lad Bible reported.

Detectives discovered the stash via Google Earth which covered the whole garden of a property in Oxford.

Police officers visited this home on Giles Road, Littlemore, and had to fish through a huge stack of bikes.

The resident of the house, a 54-year-old man, was arrested since the bikes were suspected to be stolen. He was, however, released under investigation.

Netizens took to social media to comment when the photos became public. 

"Cracks me up no one spotted it sooner. Surely you'd think it suspicious to have a garden overflowing with bikes?" one person said. Many agreed with this statement.

Some said that the bikes had been there for years.

Such Google Earth discoveries have surprised people many times. An account on TikTok @hidden.on.google.earth draws attention to many such incidents.