Illegal e-bikes to be spotted from the skies

THE use of drones to catch people in Cheshire speeding on illegally adapted e-bikes will be a 'game changer,' the county's police and crime commissioner has said.

- BY BELINDA RYAN Local democracy reporter

Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price

PCC Dan Price said he couldn't yet give a date when this would be deployed but Cheshire Police is pursuing the latest drone technology and is at the front of the queue in the North West for using that capability.

He said he became aware, during a citizens' assembly, of how big a problem speeding e-bikes had become for local people.