- The kid likes buses, but somebody needs to curb his enthusiasm.
It’s always good to hear of a young person finding their calling in life. This Norwegian youth, however, might want to keep exploring his options.
Repeatedly stealing buses is not a promising career prospect, after all.
A 14-year-old boy in Norway is suspected of a highly unusual crime. He reportedly stole a public bus and drove it 200 miles to another city before the cops caught him.
Yet, that’s not the most bizarre part of the story. That would be the fact that the kid has done this before – twice.
He committed his first alleged bus theft near the end of 2025. This means that, at the time of writing, this latest incident was his third joyride in only six months.
Why is this kid stealing buses? And how does he manage to do it over and over? The cops won’t tell, but if the precedent holds, this isn’t the last we’ve heard of him.
Surprising Bus Knowledge
According to NRK, Norway’s public broadcaster, the boy first stole a bus in November 2026. This was his sneakiest bus ride so far.
After all, nobody realized he’d done it until after the fact.
On November 24, the police received a report that a minor had stolen a vehicle belonging to Connect Bus, a Norwegian transportation company. The kid had broken into a bus at a depot in Sandnes, southwestern Norway, and gone for a ride.
The police wouldn’t say where or how far the boy had traveled, but they know he drove the bus for around three hours. According to local media, his route must have taken him through the cities of Sandnes and Stavanger and the Ryfast tunnel.
He also reportedly shot multiple videos of himself operating the vehicle, which he uploaded on social media. That footage later helped the police locate the boy after Connect Bus filed a crime report.
It seems the police were pretty lost about how the kid was able to steal the bus in the first place.
“It’s not just about finding a key. How he had enough knowledge to be able to start the bus without damaging it, I don’t know,” said Sandnes police chief Magnus Jåtun.
Yet, the boy apparently did a very good job of driving the bus, as Jåtun remarked that he returned the vehicle “without a scratch.”
In the incident’s aftermath, the police requested Connect Bus to review their operations, considering how easily the boy was able to pilfer a bus. At the time, the charges against him were dropped due to his young age and the fact that he didn’t cause any damage.
“He probably understands that this was going further than he should have done,” Jåtun said.
International Travel
It turned out that the police chief may have been too positive. Additionally, Connect Bus appears not to have revised its security protocols.
In April 2026, the same kid struck again. In the small hours of the night, he snuck into a Connect Bus garage in Vestby, a town south of the Norwegian capital Oslo.
He then proceeded to go on a road trip. Over his ride, the boy traveled more than 130 miles south to the Swedish town of Stenungsund.
That’s right; he somehow crossed the border between the two countries without anyone stopping him.
Now, the bus had a GPS tracker on it. Yet, somehow, it didn’t alert Connect Bus until the boy had already reached Uddevalla in Sweden.
The company informed the Norwegian police and kept tracking the boy throughout his journey. Yet, he was apprehended only hours later by the Swedish police.
But, once again, the boy operated the bus expertly, not causing any damage along the way.
As with the last case, nobody opened a criminal case about the bus theft, as the boy is so young. However, the police did say that there would be consequences.
“He will be followed up by child welfare services,” operations manager Rune Isaksen of Norway’s Eastern Police District told NRK.
Third Time’s the Charm
Well, that has to be the end of the story, right? Not so – there’s just no stopping this kid.
Barely a month after his previous escapade, the boy was again behind the wheel of a bus. On May 17, he stole a bus in Oslo, not from Connect Bus but from its competitor Unibuss.
On this occasion, he headed southwest. From the Norwegian capital, he drove to the city of Kristiansand, making a 200-mile trip.
This time, he didn’t drive in the dead of night, however. He cruised down the road in broad daylight, attracting the attention of other drivers who called the police, reporting a suspiciously young bus driver.
Once he reached Kristiansand, the joyride was over. Cops took the kid in and, according to local news, he’s now in the care of the police and child welfare services.
“As with previous cases, we take it very seriously that a boy at such a young age steals a bus and drives it in traffic,” Isaksen said again to NRK.
But you can’t help asking how seriously anyone’s taking this, since the boy seems to be able to steal buses whenever he wants to. The police have been mum on why and how the boy keeps repeating the bus thefts.
All we know is that he’ll probably do it again.
Want to read about other bizarre bus thefts? Head over to our story about the Georgia man who stole a bus, only to drop off a passenger.