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Subscriber only THREE Ipswich locals found themselves on the wrong side of the law after they were caught driving dangerously, as police crack down on hooning. The trio, two of whom police say were spotted riding unregistered trail bikes, is among a larger group of offenders causing havoc in the Springfield area. Springfield Police Station Officer in Charge Senior Sergeant Ben Mackenzie said officers had been working with the Ipswich Road Policing Unit to target hoons. He said there was a growing number of unregistered, uninsured and unlicensed trail bike riders damaging local bushland. From time to time we do see an increase. School holidays are always a time and around Christmas, when people have been given new trail bikes or bought them with Christmas money, Senior Sergeant Mackenzie said.
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