Source: New Zealand Police
Please attribute to Senior Sergeant John Stapleford, Rotorua Road Policing Coordinator:
Rotorua Police have made a further arrest in the operation to target illegal motorcycle anti-social road users.
A 21-year-old was charged with reckless driving and will appear in the Rotorua District Court on Thursday 18 September. They were seen allegedly riding dangerously through Rotorua suburbs, cutting through traffic, pulling wheel stands and not wearing a protective helmet.
This is the latest development in Rotorua Police’s ongoing operation targeting illegal trail and dirt bike offenders that make our roads unsafe.
Two arrests have been made and seven bikes have been seized in the last month, thanks to support from the community.
We continue to urge our community to come forward with information around where bikes are coming and going from, and if known, the offenders. Information like this helps us to hold riders accountable, and possibly seize bikes for the safety of everyone on the roads or out and about.
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.
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Issued by Police Media Centre
