BIKER GANGS STEP IN TO HELP POLICE PATROL FLOODED AREAS AMID OPPORTUNISTIC THIEVES TARGETING VICTIMS
Biker
gangs, including The Drifters, Broken Bones, Pyeratz and Nuntaii
Mortis, have stepped in to deter looters in the Calderdale region of
Yorkshire.
Police
said it was 'impossible to comprehend' why the heartless opportunists
would want to bring further suffering to those already hit by the crisis
and stepped up patrols amid fears looters in white vans were targeting
flooded houses.
However,
several motorbike clubs also said they wanted to step in and help and -
with the blessing of police - have been keeping watch in the area.
Night-time
patrols of Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd will now be carried out by
bikers from Bradford and beyond over the next few days.
Dave
Cariss, of The Drifters MCC, said: 'We saw people post on Facebook that
they were trying to deter looters, and I thought who better to do that
but 20-30 burly bikers.'
On the lookout: Bikers were on patrol
in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, overnight after motorbike gangs stepped
in to deter looters from targeting flood-hit homes and businesses in the
Calderdale Valleys region. It came after a number of flood-hit
properties were targeted
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