It's a gut-wrenching moment — going to hop on your bike only to discover it's not where you left it, even though you secured it with a good lock.

That's a feeling nearly 200 people in P.E.I.'s capital city have experienced so far this summer.

To try to put a dent in the numbers, officers with Charlottetown Police Services have been getting creative.

"During the morning of Aug. 13, the Street Crime Unit set up surveillance on a locked e-bike in a public area," the force said in a news release Wednesday.

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Less than two hours later, the release said, a 34-year-old man "was seen approaching the bike, retrieving bolt cutters from his bag, cutting the lock and discarding it, and attempting to leave the area with the e-bike."

He has

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