Bonfire Night yobs on scrambler bikes launch fireworks at cars

Yobs on off-road bikes launched fireworks at cars on Bonfire Night. When police arrived and spotted the group, they fled into a field.

North Wales Police now wants members of the public to tell them who the group are. In a statement on Facebook, the force's North Flintshire policing team said three to four bikes, all with two riders who were not wearing helmets, were being used in the Mold Road area of Connah's Quay.

They said they were "shooting fireworks at cars". The spokesperson added: "Members of the public were a great assistance directing us to where the bikes were - we located them but they made off into a field.

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"The risk level to these youths is so high. We are working proactively to identify them and get them off the road. But the reality is we're not going to be chasing them through the streets, they will end up in a collision and likely they and others will be hurt.

"We need your intelligence, tell us the addresses they're coming and going from - this can be done anonymously through CrimeStoppers." Over the course of the evening, police said they received "multiple calls regarding youths setting off fireworks" in the Deeside area.

The spokesperson said: "We patrolled the area of the reports and located some burnt out fireworks - seems the suspects got on their toes when they saw us." Officers also located a family setting off fireworks in the grounds of Flint Castle. They said they obtained the details of those involved, and would be checking for any damage today.

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