Cycling is incredibly popular in our corner of London - however this also means more bike thefts.

Often this means the police have to undertake a serious operation to get these bikes back.

The police did just that following a series of bike thefts from a Teddington School.

Richmond Police on Twitter said:

"Following bike thefts from a Teddington School, the Richmond Schools + Youth Engagement Team started plain clothes operations to try to catch the suspect.

"Tracking the suspect on social media to a lock up in London, PC Roberts made the arrest!

"Bikes returned, happy residents!"

It always great to see the police solving these crimes.

You can find information from the Met Police about bike safety HERE