Group with 'IQ of five' caught with 'stolen' bike
An off-duty Dorset Police officer seized the bike after suspecting it had been stolen
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A group with "a combined IQ of five" was caught pushing a suspected stolen bike with its lock still firmly attached, police have said.
An off-duty officer spotted the group acting suspiciously in Poole, Dorset, and seized the bike.
Dorset Police, which said it was hoping to reunite it with its owner, said while the group was stopped and questioned, no arrests were made.
In a statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday, the force said it would not have been "proportionate or realistic" for the officer - who had no personal protective equipment - to detain the individuals, as doing so would have needed six more officers.
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The statement said: "The officer stopped the group and seized the bike, which we suspect may have been stolen.
"With a combined IQ of five the group were sent on their way… We're now trying to reunite it with its rightful owner."
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