Crowds film scrambler biker in 'Mexican standoff' with police on beach

A scrambler biker was filmed zooming up and down a beach and 'doing wheelies' before having a 'Mexican standoff' with police.

Crowds gathered to watch the chaos unfold on Crosby beach in Merseyside shortly after 7pm on Easter Monday. Two police helicopters were spotted circling overhead for 'several hours' as the incident continued into the evening, the Liverpool Echo reports.

One eyewitness said the biker's pals 'even brought him petrol' as he rode up and down on the sand. A large number of officers, coastguard and rescue volunteers gathered at the scene.

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It came after police were called to reports of a group of men riding off road bikes on Mariners Road, Liverpool. They spotted the bikes on Queens Road and arrested two men on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and assisting an offender.

A 4x4 BMW motor vehicle and an off-road scrambler bike were also seized by officers. Merseyside Police said the man rode onto the beach near Crosby Marine Lake following a police pursuit and stopped the vehicle.

People at the scene took to social media to comment on the incident and the amount of emergency services that were deployed.

One man tweeted: "A bit of a Mexican standoff last evening down on Crosby Beach! 2 x helicopters, 11 police cars, 2 x Police Drones and numerous unmarked cars for a lad on a Dirt Bike! Oh and Hoylake Lifeboats Hovercraft!"

Another man tweeted: "Kid at Crosby beach got about half of Merseyside police. Coast guards, two drones, a hovercraft and at least three separate helicopters going for about six hrs now. He’s not going to get up for school at this rate."

ECHO reader Stephanie