A scrambler, quad bikes, and heroin were seized by Gardai as eight youths were arrested as part of a crack down bid on the off-road bikes in West Dublin.
The arrests were made in Ballyfermot this morning after officers took in a scrambler, two quad bikes, 2 e-bikes and heroin with an approximate street value of €3,000.
The Dublin 10 district was hit with a spate of scrambler and quad bike related incidents in the last month.
A toddler was rushed to hospital after a collision between a quad bike and a scrambler in Cherry Orchard on September 18.
A woman in her 20s was sitting on a stationary quad bike with the baby boy when a scrambler, driven by a man in his late teens, struck the bike.
And just a week later three youths and a delivery driver were rushed to hospital after a collision between a scrambler and the driver's car on Decies Road in Ballyfermot.
Gardai said in a statement: "As part of ongoing investigation into dangerous and reckless use of scramblers in public parks and roads in the Ballyfermot area, Gardaí conducted a number of searches under warrant at addresses in the Ballyfermot area this morning.
"The searches resulted in the seizure of a scrambler, two quad bikes, 2 e-bikes and heroin with an approximate street value of €3,000.
"Eight youths were arrested as part of the operation for a variety of offences including criminal damage, dangerous driving and possession of drugs for sale or supply.
"They were detained at a number of South Dublin Garda Stations under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984."
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