50 dirt bikes seized in police crackdown on anti-social-behaviour
Fifty dirt bikes have been seized across the Staffordshire in a crackdown by police.
It comes amid reports of louts riding dangerously during the Government's lockdown period. Among the hotspots is Stafford.
A total of 17 bikes were seized for anti-social-behaviour, while 33 were seized for no insurance or being unregistered.
Chief inspector Mat Derrick, who heads Staffordshire Police's road policing unit, said: "We often hear from residents who are rightly concerned about the use of illegal off-road bikes as they pose a real danger – especially if they’re not being used on roads and are being used on canal towpaths or pathways.
"We’ve received a number of reported incidents across Staffordshire and want to stress to those communities affected that we continue to run operations to tackle the issue. A total of 50 seizures is just the start.
"To help us in our aim to combat the issue, we added three scrambler bikes to the roads policing unit’s fleet in December and often deploy them across Staffordshire to catch those in hard to reach areas.
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"We also have drones that allow us to search large areas or places where access is limited.
"However, we rely on information from the public to guide our resources to where they are needed most, so it is important that people continue to report these issues, so that we can tackle them."
