Police squad swarm Coventry streets to tackle anti-social off-road riders
A specialist police squad have been called into tackle nuisance off-road bikers in part of Coventry. West Midlands Police's road crime team have been out in Canley.
They have been working with Canley Neighbourhood Team officers to tackle the use of off-road bikes that are causing anti-social behaviour. This, the team says, follows complaints from locals.
As a result of the most recent operation in the area, the teams recovered a stolen bike. The force's road crime team have staged a number of stings across the city in recent weeks.
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At the end of September, they clocked a cloned and stolen car in Coventry after it had been used in a series of robberies of delivery drivers.
They seized a number of suspected stolen parcels as well as making two arrests. Two men, who were not identified, were taken into custody.
Also, last month, they worked with interceptors to stop a car which had been used in a a string of theft from and of vehicle offences in the city. The police chase led to the car being stopped and two men being arrested.
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