Portuguese police was useless, so I solved the problem myself

I live in Estoril. I don’t have a car, so I actively use Electric Kick Scooter — it’s my primary transport.

In April it was stolen. I park it outside, near the house, fixing it with a lock. The man who stole it just came to our call neighborhood, cut the lock and left with my scooter.

The beauty is that I have location tracking on my scooter — every few hours I get an update of its location. I can literally see my scooter on the map.

I called police, they refused to speak English. No problem: I visited their office and explained everything — showed location of the scooter, described the man who stole it (neighbor saw him through window). They took my report and said they will do something.

A few days later I tracked down my scooter to one specific house. I came to location myself, and literally could see and hear my scooter through the fence.

I went back to police and showed the photo of my scooter on the private property.

They said nothing, just: wait for our investigation. They didn’t ask me about address or any other details.

I just came back to address and took the scooter back myself.