Police find & return Miss Universe S’pore Annika Sager's bag that fell off her motorcycle, but cash inside missing

Miss Universe Singapore 2025 winner Annika Xue Sager took to Instagram on Aug. 5 to appeal for help to find her lost bag.

This was after she spent 48 hours tracking her belongings across Singapore via the Apple Find My app as her Apple AirPods were in the bag.

Bag fell off

The 26-year-old said her bag was mounted on the side of her motorcycle, but it fell off at around 7am on Aug. 3 along Swiss Club Road while on her way to work.

She discovered her bag was gone when she reached her destination in the vicinity of Swiss Club Road.

She went to the spot where the AirPods were last located less than five minutes later.

But the bag was gone.

The bag contained her credit and debit cards, identity card, driver’s licence, spectacles, another set of keys to her other motorcycle, speakers, and makeup, as well as other items.

Bag picked up by black car

According to a security guard in the area, a black car was seen picking up the bag, Sager said.

She asked to review the surveillance footage from the guard house, but her request was denied.

So, she continued to track her bag via her AirPods.

Wild goose chase

Over the next 48 hours, Sager tracked her AirPods and found that it was on the move.

The location tracking showed it went to Changi Airport, Pullman Hotel Hill Street, St Joseph’s Institution and many other locations, she said.

She theorised that the driver could be a private-hire vehicle driver.

Tracked to Bukit Panjang

On Aug. 4, she tracked the AirPods to a car park near Block 146 Gangsa Road in Bukit Panjang.

She said: “I found a car parked exactly where Find My was indicating. I can’t say for certain that this is the correct vehicle because location tracking isn’t always perfect, but I was standing almost directly above the signal, and this was the only black car that it was showing.”

The driver was not at the car and Sager returned later in the evening.

The location then shifted to a block of flats.

Sager said she "went up and down all nine floors trying to reconnect to the AirPods to narrow down which unit they were in, but I could not get a precise enough signal".

All this was occurring as Sager was aware that any effort to track her AirPods could end the moment the battery in her earpieces died.

Police report

Sager revealed that she had made a police report within an hour of her bag going missing and was assigned an investigating officer.

She said in her video: "I just hope that my case can be looked into with some urgency."

She also said she hoped that the person who found the bag would return it since it had already been two days.

"I’m just asking for it to be returned, no questions asked," she said.

Sager said she went back to Bukit Panjang at 4am, but the car was on the move again.

“The driver’s schedule seems quite unpredictable, and because I don’t know who they are or how they might react, I’m a bit apprehensive about waiting around to confront them myself. Might reconsider and go down with some ‘backup’," she said.

“For now, I’m just hoping the video reaches the right person or helps in recovering my belongings. Thank you again for all your support, it really does give me hope.”

Her video was watched 148,000 times in a day.

Police find and return bag with cash missing

In a video update on Aug. 6, Sager said the police recovered her bag and items inside.

However, the cash in her wallet, which amounted to less than S$100, was missing, she told Mothership.

She said: "At around 8pm yesterday, my investigating officer called to tell me they had found my bag."

"A little while later, two officers came to my home, took my statement, and we went through all of my belongings together to make sure everything was accounted for," she added.

"Thankfully, almost everything was returned. The only thing missing was some cash from my wallet."

Sager said in her follow-up video that the person holding on to her bag was apparently “busy” and had tried to hand it over to a police station, but found that it was not an “active station”.

She added that she was not sure how the police found her bag, but she was “relieved” to have her items back and thanked those who helped her.

"I just want to say a huge 'thank you' to the Singapore Police Force for recovering my belongings, and to every single person who watched, shared, commented, and reached out after my first video. The support was far greater than I ever expected, and I’m incredibly grateful," she told Mothership.