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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Neil Lancefield

Police seizures of ‘menace’ e-bikes leap 83% in a year

Police officers pictured on a recent operation in London seizing illegal e-bikes (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

Police seizures of e-bikes soared by 83% in a year, an investigation has found, as forces crack down on dangerous models.

Some 7,049 of the machines were confiscated across the UK in the 12 months to May 19, according to data obtained by the Press Association under freedom-of-information laws.

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