One adult male was arrested yesterday Thursday June 27 for allegedly riding an electric motorbike in a dangerous manner within the Meadows.
He has been charged with a variety of road traffic offences.
Additionally, two bikes were seized and a further two males have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal for a variety of Road Traffic Offences.
Operation Slowtime is Police Scotland’s dedicated south-east community policing initiative to combat incidents involving illegal electric motorcycle’s/scooters.
Sgt Jen Macgregor said: ‘We do take these incidents very seriously, even if we aren’t able to trace the rider at the time, we have means and ways to identify them at a later time so please do report any incidents or information to 101 or Crimestoppers 0800 555111’ #OpSlowtime
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
