Multiple arrests made in Doncaster following crackdown on illegal bikes
One man had to be chased before being detained by South Yorkshire Police
Last updated 22nd Mar 2025
Several arrests have been made after South Yorkshire Police launched a crackdown on illegal motorbikes in Doncaster.
Officers from South Yorkshire Police discovered four electric motorbikes while patrolling a quarry off Lound Lane in Brodsworth.
In one incident, the rider of the bikes drove off, resulting in one of the drivers being chased before being detained by police.
The driver was eventually given a summons to court for driving offences, and the bike was also seized for having no insurance.
Another driver was also apprehended for having no insurance, whilst another two were stopped for driving vehicles with false or cloned registration places.
In one of these stops, two passengers in the car were stopped and searched, during which Class A drugs and weapons were found - the passengers were subsequently arrested.
Petrol stations and sections of the Transpennine Trail were also monitored as part of the crackdown.
Speaking on the day of action, Sergeant Kelly Ward from South Yorkshire Police said: "We know how much of a nuisance off-road bikes are in our local communities and we recognise people's frustrations towards them.
"Every piece of information we gather on off-road bikes is used to shape our local intelligence picture and helps us to locate the vehicles involved and seize them.
"We use that intelligence to shape our policing activities every day and these days of action involving the Motorcycle and Rural Crime Team allow us to adopt a high visibility approach and better monitor off-road locations where we know off-road bikes to be more prevalent.
"We need your help to continue to crackdown on off-road bikes as your intelligence really does aid us in stopping this particular type of anti-social behaviour."