$80,000 motorcycle stolen from Texas turns up in the Philippines...

$80,000 motorcycle stolen from Texas turns up a year later...in the Philippines 

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 10:29 PM on 5th May 2011

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

An $80,000 motorcycle stolen in Texas last year from a Hollywood screenwriter has turned up in the Philippines.

The custom-made chopper which belonged to Skip Woods 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 the films Swordfish, Hitman and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

The chopper that was stolen 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 U.S. FBI sought assistance in the recovery of Woods' motorcycle, Mr Yap said.

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.

A National Bureau of Investigation agent looks at Skip Woods' $80,000 motorcycle which was stolen in Hollywood last year and turned up in the Philippines

The investigator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the probe is ongoing, said that Woods was 'really congratulatory and more than pleased.'

Police are looking for a Filipino who was selling the motorcycle online, Chief Mijares said.

Mr Yap said the man faces illegal firearms possession and smuggling charges.

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