Monkey bike riders arrested in Cranbourne

Public Order Response Team (PORT) officers apprehended two monkey bike riders who were causing havoc in the vicinity of Camms Road in Cranbourne on 16 October.

PORT officers were patrolling the area, actively looking for them after multiple Triple zero calls.

Officers spotted the riders after they stalled the motorbike and motorised bicycle on Camms Road around 7.45pm.

Upon seeing police, the riders ran with police following closely behind in a foot chase.

An 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy, both from Cranbourne, were apprehended at the intersection of Camms Road and Narre Warren Road in Cranbourne.

The bikes were impounded at a cost of $1038 and both riders are expected to be charged on summons with unlicensed driving, own/use unregistered motor vehicle, fail to wear helmet and drive an unroadworthy vehicle.

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