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Filipinos find bike stolen in US

AN US$80,000 motorcycle stolen in Texas last year from Hollywood screenwriter Skip Woods has been recovered in the southern Philippines, officials said yesterday.

The custom-made chopper was found on Tuesday by police in Cagayan de Oro City, said Jose Justo Yap, regional director for the National Bureau of Investigation.

Woods, a collector of custom-made vehicles, wrote the screenplay for "Swordfish," "Hitman" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."

His chopper was among 14 motorcycles, three all-terrain vehicles, two SUVs, a sports car, a shotgun and ammunition for assault rifles recovered by police in raids in Cagayan de Oro and nearby Bukidnon Province, Misamis Oriental provincial police Chief Graciano Mijares said.

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has sought assistance in the recovery of Woods' motorcycle, Yap revealed.

An American private investigator representing Woods said the screenwriter was surprised that his motorcycle, which was stolen from the parking lot of his condominium in Houston, Texas, ended up half way around the world.

Woods was "really congratulatory. He is more than pleased," said the investigator, who didn't give his name.

Police are looking for a Filipino who was selling the motorcycle online, Mijares said. Yap said the man faces illegal firearms possession and smuggling charges.


 

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