(September 2025) Watch as illegal off-road bikes seized in Sandwell and crushed by police

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10 illegal off-road bikes have been crushed in a joint operation by West Midlands Police and Sandwell Council as they crack down on anti-social riders

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00:00I'm Sergeant Neils, I'm the Navy Inspector for Wensbury's.

00:29My name is Inspector Kirkpatah, I'm the Inspector for the Northsector East District in Sandwell.

00:34Fantastic, so what are we there to do today, what's this big look behind us now?

00:38So we're here today to crush, or have crushed, ten off-road bikes which have been seized in and around the Western Midlands,

00:44the majority in the Sandwell.

00:46Over the last few weeks we've seized bikes in the Westbury area, primarily in Friar Park and Gallagher Retail Park.

00:54Fantastic, so looking at the part that's behind us,

00:58I mean a few weeks ago these bikes that were on the road,

01:00can you just talk a little bit about the dangers of off-road bikes?

01:04The dangers are quite clear, I mean,

01:07A, they're off-road bikes, they're not the standards for use in the roads,

01:12and the fact that they've been ridden anti-socially and potentially dangerously can cause issues,

01:18not only to the riders themselves but to the wider public,

01:21and sometimes they're using criminal offences as well, which is causing other dangers.

01:26So this is what we see behind us, and obviously the pressure as well, the crushed bikes.

01:30Is this like a word of warning, this is what's going to happen to these bikes?

01:34Yeah, exactly. Our message is clear, if you're found riding a bike and associated dangerously,

01:40we will be able to see the bike, and you can potentially face the prosecution's crime,

01:44and it will be arrested.

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