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Anas Sarwar has urged a clampdown on e-bikes after figures showed a near 1,450% rise in police seizures of the vehicles . ‌

The Scottish Labour leader said joyriders are putting lives at risk by flying through the streets with “impunity”. ‌

Electric bikes have been branded a “death trap” by critics worried that modifications can lead to speeding . ‌

One bike recently seized in London was capable of reaching 70mph.

In his Daily Record column, Sarwar praised the Garnethill area of Glasgow but warned locals are fed up of e-bikes: “They expressed their frustration with the vast numbers of e-bikes that would fly past them while they were simply making their way down the streets." READ MORE : Scots could be in line for income tax rises in January Budget u

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