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Illegal motorbikes and 4x4's on Salisbury Plain

The number of people risking their safety and breaking the law on Salisbury Plain is at a fourteen year high.

That's according to the team who police the area.

Last spring the military and the police joined together to stop motorbike riders and 4x4 drivers from going off the tracks where they're safe.

The issue has become so prominent that it was brought up at a board meeting in Tidworth on Monday night.

大象传媒 Wiltshire listener, Elizabeth from Great Cheverill says the problem is 'a nightmare'.

She doesn't bother to ring police now because she doesn't see them deal with the problem.

But Inspector Nick Mawson from Wiltshire Police says all police are briefed on the issue before shifts and they are working to decrease the problem.

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