Police seize four oversized bikes on Tortola
The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force seized four motorbikes well over the legal size limit allowed in the territory over the weekend.
An off-duty officer spotted the motorbikes while in the Cane Garden Bay area and alerted several teams of officers including Customs to help in confiscating the motorbikes.
Officers of the Armed Response Team, Road Policing Unit, Marine Unit and Customs were supported by officers of the RVIPF senior management team in this seizure.
The four motorbikes were over the size of 1000cc, three of those carried 1300cc. The motorcycles have been moved to a secured location as investigations are ongoing in the matter.
There has been no arrests in relation to this seizure. Commissioner of Police Mark Collins noted that officers, despite being off- duty, are still working to enforce the law and keep our streets safe.
He applauded the efforts of the various teams in moving timely and quickly over the weekend to seized these bikes.
The Customs Regulations specifies that the present legal size limit for motorbikes in the BVI is 125cc.
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I saw them in Road Town on Saturday afternoon being driven as bold as brass. Good work RVIPF and Commissioner Collins!
There is no limit on the size of motorcycles in BVi. The limit is on the power of the motorcycles only.
Are you certain about this statement?
“Commissioner of Police Mark Collins noted that officers, despite being off-duty, are still working to enforce the law and keep our streets safe”.
Now tell me why hasn’t the same action been taken by the task to remove the tints off all the vehicles as swiftly, since they are much darker than the law permits?
who are you fooling, it seems to me your force only has an interest in the minority which are the bikers.
Commissioner !
if you really concerned how is tint of any importance? you should wonder how these bikes got into the country as they could not be registered – not brought in legally. concern with that. we need more security at every lil nook and cranny in the waterways; to check all teh damn containers – all of that – because these bikes did not ride themselves into the island just so nor were they manufactured here. so how did they get HERE in the first place.
In the same class as the Go-Fast-Narco Boats.
So which customs agents allowed the scooters through the port. Find out who inspected them and fire them. This is the same as allowing in firearms. Start making examples of these crooked people knitting will change. Crush the motorbikes. Bought with drug money anyway.
It’s not clear from the story that these bikes came through the usual channels, just like the ladies who brought us COVID did not either.
Don’t blame customs, most of these bikes come in on the private boats. Our borders are too open and needs proper security.
Nothing will come out of this ; Those bikes are owned by influential ppl in this community ; most probably will be returned to owners OR law adjusted to make them Legal ; Eyes/Ears Wide open
Put a patrol in Sea Cows Bay after midnight. You will catch plenty!
Cane has become a cesspool of entitled wannabe gangsters, they are like rats, come out after dark. Seize and arrest the culprits. They are in position of illegal items, clearly smuggled in with no duty paid, and unlikely they are register or insured, so there’s a start.
if you really concerned how is tint of any importance? you should wonder how these bikes got into the country as they could not be registered – not brought in legally. concern with that. we need more security at every lil nook and cranny in the waterways; to check all teh damn containers – all of that – because these bikes did not ride themselves into the island just so nor were they manufactured here. so how did they get HERE in the first place.
What a display of beautiful machinery, I am 62 and I love bikes. what’s the hype. The laws need to be changed.