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Police seize increasing numbers of illegally converted electric bikes

Deniz Huseyin
03 October 2024
 

There has been a sharp rise in police seizures of illegally modified e-bikes in the UK, reveals the PA news agency, which received responses to Freedom of Information requests from 27 out of 46 police forces it contacted.

Figures show 937 illegal e-bikes were seized in the year up to 11 August 2024 - up from 511 in the previous 12 months, representing an 83% increase.

Police forces with the largest year-on-year increases in e-bike seizures were Wiltshire Police (from 24 to 64), Police Scotland...

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