Three-year-old was sat on cushion strapped to illegal electric bike

A three-year-old child was found sitting on a cushion strapped to an illegal bike which can travel at speeds of up to 60mph.Police have seized the vehicle – which they say is “technically a motorbike” – after witnessing an adult driving it with the infant on board in North Lynn on Thursday.“A cushion strapped to the cross bar of an illegal e-bike is not really the best way to transport a three-year-old child,” a police statement said.

“This illegally modified e-bike was seized yesterday in North Lynn when it was spotted going pretty fast down Losinga Road.“The throttle assisted bike is capable of going up to 60mph and is technically a motorbike. We seized the bike and are dealing with the adult rider.”Officers were in the area as part of the RISE North Lynn project. The Lynn News has published an in-depth feature on the scheme today, detailing ways that the police are cracking down on anti-social behaviour, drug use, and child sexual exploitation – read all about it here.So far, it has resulted in: • 50 arrests• Tens of thousands of pounds of cash seized• Thousands of pounds worth of drugs seized• 300,000 illicit cigarettes seized