Seized - the bike - pic by Essex Police
Officers seized a bike without brakes from a 13-year-old.
Members of the Grays LPT B2B team were out looking for nusiance bikes.
A spokesman said: "This was seized from a 13 yr old being ridden on the road.
"Bike is an accident waiting to happen as it has no brakes."
It happened in Ockendon.
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