Gold Coast Highway Patrol officers have conducted a two-day personal mobility device (PMD) operation across the Gold Coast as part of Operation Elektra, targeting unsafe and unlawful behaviour by riders.

The dedicated operation, which will continue throughout the school holidays, resulted in 35 PMD riders being intercepted. Three of those bikes were collected by parents, two riders were issued warnings, and a juvenile was dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act for nine separate offences.

In total, 14 juveniles were dealt with for PMD offences during the two-day operation.

Among them was a 13-year-old Bonogin boy who police allege was riding an e-bike at more than 70 kilometres per hour along Christine Avenue before failing to stop at two red lights. He was later interc

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