Gardaí say the rider was seen performing a wheelie before travelling at speed along the centre of a road, despite traffic moving in both directions and pedestrians nearby.
Gardaí in Kildare have seized a high-powered electric scrambler following reports of dangerous driving in a busy village in the north of the county.
The vehicle, valued at approximately €7,000 and capable of producing 6,000 watts of power, was seized by the Kildare Roads Policing Units.
Gardaí say the rider was seen performing a wheelie before travelling at speed along the centre of a road, despite traffic moving in both directions and pedestrians nearby.
Officers subsequently located the rider and seized the scrambler under Section 109A of the Road Traffic Act.
The owner must now apply to the courts to have the vehicle returned.
Gardaí are now preparing a file in connection with the incident, with serious driving offences under consideration.
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