A string of warnings has been given out after police were called out to deal with off road biking towards a Moorland area.
Officers from Lancashire Police’s Rural Task Force were called out to the Sidings in Bacup earlier on Saturday February 17 after hearing reports about dangerous biking.
This comes after regular complaint from members of the public about this kind of behaviour in the area and further afield across the county.
A Lancashire Police spokesperson said: “Today the Rural Task Force have attended The Sidings, Bacup where we received several reports of vehicles arriving and offloading off road bikes.
“It was also reported that these bikes were driving recklessly and headed off towards the moorland.
“We have now issued eight of these vehicles with Sec. 59 warnings which are recorded against the Police National Computer.
“In addition to this we have also seized one van as this has previously received a Sec.59 warning from us, yet still continues to off load off road bikes to use on public highways and moorland.
“We are aware that some of these individuals travel a considerable distance specifically to come to Rossendale to ride their bikes on the moorland.
“However, this is in direct breach of Rossendale Borough Council's Public Space Protection Order.”
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They added: “Mechanically propelled vehicles are prohibited from being used on any publicly owned land/highway in the borough, or on any other land without express or implied permission.
“A person is prohibited from parking up a motor vehicle or trailer on any road or land without the land owners’ permission, with the intention to then off load any MPV to be used on any publicly owned land/highway in the borough, or any other land without the express or implied permission.
“A person is prohibited from having a MPV in their possession but not being ridden when in a public space or on a highway or pavement, unless they can produce appropriate insurance for use of the MPV on a public highway.”
Anyone with any further information or concerns can call police on 101 or 999 in the event of an emergency
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