{"id":584763,"date":"2026-08-06T07:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T07:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584763\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T07:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T07:44:20","slug":"over-160-e-bikes-and-e-scooters-among-seizures-during-garda-day-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584763\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 160 e-bikes and e-scooters among seizures during garda day of action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OVER 160 E-BIKES and e-scooters were\u00a0among the items that have seized during Tuesday\u2019s day of action among garda\u00ed in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/sawn-off-shotgun-and-three-scramblers-among-seizures-during-ongoing-garda-day-of-action-7120931-Aug2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201chigh impact\u201d day of action under Operation Meac\u00e1n<\/a> in the Dublin Metropolitan Region targeted the use of electric motorbikes, e-scooters and e-bikes for criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, garda\u00ed seized 166 e-bikes and e-scooters, seven Surron bikes, four scrambler motorcycles, three quads, \u20ac25,820 in cash, suspected drugs valued over \u20ac158,000, a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">The updated seizures figures from the 96 searches under conducted Operation Meac\u00e1n <\/p>\n<p>* 166 e-bikes and e-scooters<br \/>* 7 Surron bikes<br \/>* 4 scramblers<br \/>* 3 quads<br \/>* \u20ac25,820 in cash<br \/>* Suspected drugs valued in excess of \u20ac158,000 (pending analysis)<br \/>* A sawn-off shotgun and ammunition <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rfh2Gng5Av\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Rfh2Gng5Av<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na (@GardaTraffic) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GardaTraffic\/status\/2085053484861096000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 5, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Of the five people arrested so far, four have been charged and will appear before the court on a future date.<\/p>\n<p>One man arrested on foot of a bench warrant has since appeared before the court.<\/p>\n<p>Along with today\u2019s enforcement, garda\u00ed also engaged with members of the public in the Dublin Region on current regulations in relation to motorcycles, e-bikes, e-scooters as well as the new regulations due to come into effect this month.<\/p>\n<p>These regulations will make it illegal for somebody under the age of 18 to be using an e-scooter, and will also require people to wear helmets and high-visibility jackets.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OVER 160 E-BIKES and e-scooters were\u00a0among the items that have seized during Tuesday\u2019s day of action among garda\u00ed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45,57646,615,237175,232783,42,43,180281,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-584763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-drug-seizure","tag-dublin","tag-e-bikes","tag-e-scooters","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-operation-meacan","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}