Police crack down on high-speed motorcycle race in Attica

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Four motorcyclists were arrested aboriginal Friday aft constabulary intercepted a radical engaged successful amerciable high-speed racing successful bluish Attica.

The arrests followed an cognition by the Attica Traffic Police aft backstage κοινωνικά media groups circulated calls for nighttime gatherings involving unsafe driving and improvised races.

Officers located a radical of large-capacity motorcycles successful bluish Athens performing high-speed maneuvers and “wheelies.” Police said the bikes, some of which were driven astatine speeds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour, had their licence plates removed.

The riders were intercepted connected Poseidonos Avenue adjacent the Peace and Friendship Stadium (SEF) successful Piraeus. Their motorcycles were confiscated, and charges of unsafe driving and disturbing the bid were filed.

Police said the bikes lacked mufflers and generated “deafening” sound while traveling astatine utmost speeds.

Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis condemned the phenomenon, stressing that street races organized online “constitute an highly unsafe signifier that straight endangers lives.”

He added: “Society’s tolerance has agelong since tally out. This is not conscionable astir traffic violations. It is antisocial transgression behaviour with quality victims.”