Thieves steal vans from cycle race

Thieves stole a van from a German cycling team taking part in the international "Peace Race" in the south of the country yesterday, adding a new twist to the German quip 'Come to Poland, your car's already there'. Police said two vans had also been stolen this week from Czech journalists covering the race when the event moved to Poland from the Czech Republic. "We are conducting a wide search for the missing vehicles," Piotr Puchala, police spokesman in the south-western region of Zielona Góra, told PAP. Car theft is no longer the problem it was for years in Poland after the fall of communism, but police still advise owners of expensive vehicles to take good precautions. (Reuters) A.C.