Fury of driver dressed as sci-fi character Predator as police seize £15,000 customised e-scooter in roads crackdown

A ‘predator’ impersonator is furious after the authorities seized his £15,000 custom e-scooter, in a major roads crackdown.  The joint operation between the Met Police and Westminster City Council, saw around 50 vehicles snatched off the streets, including a supercar worth £250,000 and the sci-fi characters ride, which boasted a with custom paint job and skull decorations.
Fury of driver dressed as sci-fi character Predator as police seize £15,000 customised e-scooter in roads crackdown

A ‘predator’ impersonator is furious after the authorities seized his £15,000 custom e-scooter, in a major roads crackdown. 

The joint operation between the Met Police and Westminster City Council, saw around 50 vehicles snatched off the streets, including a supercar worth £250,000 and the sci-fi characters ride, which boasted a with custom paint job and skull decorations.

The driver of the Mosler Trenne – which has a maximum speed of 190mph – was spotted being filmed revving their engine in Parliament Square, Westminster.

Stopped by police officers, the driver was unable to provide an acceptable driving licence – and the flash vehicle was impounded.

Other slightly less glamorous vehicles confiscated included hot dog and peanut-selling stands.

The joint operation between the Met Police and Westminster City Council, saw around 50 vehicles snatched off the streets, including a supercar worth £250k

The joint operation between the Met Police and Westminster City Council, saw around 50 vehicles snatched off the streets, including a supercar worth £250k

A 'predator' impersonator is furious after the authorities seized his £15,000 custom e-scooter , in a major roads crackdown

A ‘predator’ impersonator is furious after the authorities seized his £15,000 custom e-scooter , in a major roads crackdown

The driver of the Mosler Trenne - which has a maximum speed of 190mph - was spotted being filmed revving their engine in Parliament Square, Westminster

The driver of the Mosler Trenne – which has a maximum speed of 190mph – was spotted being filmed revving their engine in Parliament Square, Westminster

A total of 47 vehicles were seized in the joint operation, which sought to crack down on unlicensed or uninsured vehicles, street hawkers and cyclists jumping red lights.

The operation, which stopped more than 500 vehicles in total, was also behind 11 arrests for various offences and 17 fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists going through red traffic lights.

A combined team of council and police officers spent an entire 24 hours in the famed West End of the capital tackling a range of offences from anti-social behaviour to the illegal peddling of goods.

Officers also provided ‘reassurance and community safety advice’ in relation to phone thefts.

City Council officers additionally used unlicensed street trading powers to disrupt unlicensed sales on Westminster Bridge, seizing a camera and iPad from photographers selling photos to tourists and equipment from three hot dog and two peanut vendors selling food without licenses.

They also cracked down on unlicensed ice cream sellers and warned them to move on.

A combined team of council and police officers spent an entire 24 hours in the famed West End of the capital tackling a range of offences from anti-social behaviour to the illegal peddling of goods

A combined team of council and police officers spent an entire 24 hours in the famed West End of the capital tackling a range of offences from anti-social behaviour to the illegal peddling of goods

Labour Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Westminster City Council's cabinet member for City Management and Air Quality said supercars 'thrashing their engines' was a tradition the capital could do without

Labour Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Westminster City Council’s cabinet member for City Management and Air Quality said supercars ‘thrashing their engines’ was a tradition the capital could do without

Labour Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Westminster City Council’s cabinet member for City Management and Air Quality said supercars ‘thrashing their engines’ was a tradition the capital could do without.

He said: ‘People who live in Westminster and who visit every day have a right to walk our streets in safety – knowing they are not likely to be hit by a vehicle with no insurance or buy an unsafe or an illegal product from street traders.

‘Carelessly ridden and parked e-scooters are a particular source of complaint to us, and the summer syndrome of supercars thrashing their engines is also a tradition we can do without.

‘Working with our police partners, this operation sends a strong signal that Westminster’s streets are not a free-for-all unlicensed and anti-social activity.’

The joint operation also issued written warnings to unlicensed buskers in Wardour Street and Leicester Square in the city and stopped a pedicab for playing amplified music at Cambridge Circus.

Other slightly less glamorous vehicles confiscated included hot dog and peanut-selling stands

Other slightly less glamorous vehicles confiscated included hot dog and peanut-selling stands

Details of four other pedicab riders were taken at Hyde Park Lane and Park Lane for playing music excessively loud.

Whilst officers targeted unlicensed and illegal activity, they also helped four missing children who had been separated from their group on a school trip to London.

Police contacted the school and the children remained with officers at New Scotland Yard until their guide arrived to collect them.

Metropolitan Police Special Inspector Geoff Tatman added: ‘This hugely successful operation is testament to the hard work and dedication of the Met Special constables that play a vital role in our mission to make London safer and kindly give up their free time help serve the community.

‘The Met has positively and effectively partnered with Westminster Council and other local partners, to deal with offenders and crackdown on illegal activities that concern Londoners the most.’

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