Never stop looking, part two - a twelve year recovery

From UPI: Stolen Bike Turns Up Twelve Years Later

GAVLE, Sweden, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A mountain bike stolen 12 years ago has turned up in a town hundreds of miles away, Swedish police say.

The bicycle belonging to Fredrik Sandqvist, 35, was stolen in 1998 from the tiny town of Overkalix, close to the Arctic Circle, not long after he purchased it for about $335, Sweden's news agency TT said Sunday.

Police in Gavle, in eastern Sweden, found the bicycle in a lost-and-found, and were able to trace it to Sandqvist through a personal identification number engraved on its frame.