Record number of illegal e-bikes seized in Met crackdown on phone thefts

Police officers at the junction between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street in London (Picture: Ben Whitley/PA Wire) A new style of testing kit is being used to catch illegal e-bike riders, as the Met Police celebrate theft dropping by half in London. The Met seized 29 e-bikes and seven e-scooters by Tottenham Court Road Station on Friday as part of Operation Lexand. Officers specifically targeted illegal electric two-wheelers as part of a wider Met initiative to tackle phone theft and neighbourhood crime. It comes as stats released show phone theft is down by 50%, murder is at its lowest per capita rate in recorded history, making London safer than Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and every US state. To help efficiently test if a vehicle is illegal, new technology was used to measure w