Police in New South Wales (Australia's most populous state) have seized 36 high-powered illegal ebikes from Sydney's northern beaches, following a coordinated enforcement operation targeting modified and non-compliant electric bicycles. Among the bikes confiscated was one belonging to a 14-year-old boy, which was capable of reaching speeds above 90km/h — far exceeding the legal 25km/h power-assistance limit. The seized bikes will be destroyed unless owners come forward within 14 days to claim the vehicle was stolen; the crackdown comes as ebike-related injuries in NSW surged from 226 in all of 2024 to 233 in just the first seven months of 2025, with four deaths recorded in that period.