Dear Resident,

As part of our proactive patrols to tackle ASB driving and riding in Keighley, officers from the team last night encountered this bike in the Hainworth Lane area.

The bike was intercepted, the balaclava clad rider was detained whilst trying to flee officers and was arrested. Enquiries subsequently confirmed the bike to be stolen.

We will continue to target persistent ASB use of our roads, with routine patrols in the regular areas such as this arrest and recovery came from, with specialist support from our colleagues from Roads Policing and our Operation Steerside, as well as specific targeted operations, warrants and days of action.

If you have any information about ASB driving, particularly who is riding bikes such as this causing nuisance for local residents, where they are stored, you can pass that to us discreetly via our West Yorkshire Police online “Report It” page: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/report-it, or anonymously via Crimestoppers. That piece of intelligence may be the final piece of information that allows us to obtain a warrant or take proactive action.