Please attribute to Senior Sergeant John Stapleford, Rotorua Road Policing Coordinator:
Rotorua Police’s ongoing operation targeting illegal motorbike anti-social road users has resulted in bike seizures, as well as landing a person before the courts.
On Friday 5 September, a dirt bike was seized from a property in Tauranga, after being involved in a dangerous driving incident, and failing to stop for Police.
Police executed a search warrant on Friday morning at an address in Parkvale, where a male fled from the address on a bike. The bike travelled through Tauranga as Police maintained sight, before a report came in that a person had entered an address on Third Ave.
Police responded to that address and located the male and bike that he was seen travelling on earlier.
A 17-year-old is due to appear in the Tauranga District Court tomorrow (9 September), charged with a failing to stop, dangerous driving, escaping Police custody, resisting Police, burglary and wilful damage.
Police also seized three bikes in Rotorua this morning in relation to the ongoing operation.
A Harley Davidson was seized after it failed to stop for Police last week, as well as two Yamaha bikes which have been involved in reckless driving incidents.
Police remain committed to bringing any dangerous road user behaviour to a stop, and we continue to ask the public for their assistance.
If you witness any anti-social road user behaviour, we urge you to report it immediately by calling 111, or make a report via 105 if it is after the fact.
ENDS
Issued by Police Media Centre
