Cops taking to skies in bid to target 'souped up e-scooters'

Planes being used to track off-road bikes

- Sentinel Reporter

A NATIONAL air service has teamed up with Staffordshire Police in the force's battle against illegal off-road bikes and antisocial e-bike riders.

'Souped-up e-scooters' have also been highlighted as an issue in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent by the area's Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Ben Adams, pictured right.

Staffordshire Police launched a crackdown on the illegal use of two-wheeled vehicles earlier this summer.

Operation Reclaim has used intelligence from communities to seize nuisance off-road bikes and e-scooters.

And speaking at the latest Police, Fire and Crime Panel meeting Mr Adams said the National Police Air Service had been involved in tracking off-road bikes.