South Yorkshire Police seize record number of off-road bikes in latest crackdown
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The operation was mounted last Saturday following repeated complaints about off-road bikes and quads using land at the end of Mill Hill Road in Hatfield, Doncaster.
South Yorkshire Police’s off-road bike team joined forced with local officers from the Doncaster East neighbourhood policing team and Doncaster Council officials to run the operation.
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The neighbourhood policing team said it was planned because ‘residents have consistently complained of the disruption’.
A total of 22 off road vehicles – 21 bikes and a quad – were seized in one day, which is a South Yorkshire Police record.
A further 30 warnings were issued and over 50 fines were handed out for breaches of Coronavirus legislation.
South Yorkshire Police said: “The message: Don't use your off road vehicles illegally.”