Police seized an e-bike configured to travel at twice the legal speed limit after stopping a rider who had neither a driving licence nor insurance.

An officer stopped the rider during filming. Subsequent testing established that the vehicle had been set up to exceed the permitted speed. The finding concerned its configuration, rather than a recorded speed at the time of the stop.

Police seized 15 modified e-bikes last month for exceeding legal speed limits. The vehicle taken from the rider stopped during filming is expected to be crushed, although its destruction has not been confirmed.