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Swarms of children on bicycles forced drivers to jam on their brakes as they went on the rampage on busy roads.

Footage shows teenagers riding along Chester Road - going across the island at the junction with Kingsbury Road in Erdington.

Soon afterwards, the Poundland store in The Parade, Sutton Coldfield was targeted by yobs who arrived on bicycles - dozens surrounding security guards and raiding the shop’s drinks fridge.

The incidents happened during the afternoon of Sunday, September 18, and more reports have surfaced of mayhem on the roads involving young cyclists in Wylde Green.

Sutton Coldfield Poundland’s assistant manager Shara Alexander, who was in the store at the time, said she ‘panicked’ when she saw the lads block the store.

She said: “It was just before 3.15pm and about 70-odd kids just surrounded Poundland.

"I was told by the police they were on an ‘organised bike ride’ and they surrounded the exits and entrance and then raided the pop chiller.

"There was no stopping them. I walked out of the way.

“We had only two security guards on. They radioed through to the police straight away.

“Police got there in five to ten minutes. I had to lock the store and lock the customers in.”

The rampage mirrors another invasion by cyclists - when mountain bikers caused shopping centre chaos after invading the Bullring , performing wheelies in front of stunned Sunday shoppers.

The teenagers egged each other on as they cruised through the lower level, past vendors and shops and turned at the balcony facing Debenhams.

The bikers filmed their dangerous antics and posted it on social media.

A charity event in August involving hundreds of cyclists in the city centre prompted dozens of calls to police from worried motorists .

Also in August, more than 100 young cyclists caused traffic chaos on one of Birmingham’s busiest roads - with the astonishing scenes caught on camera.

The baby-faced gang, many riding without helmets, performed stunts and blocked cars from passing along the Collector Road in Castle Bromwich.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said of the incidents in Sutton Coldfield and Erdington: “We were called to the town centre on Sunday at around 2.50pm to reports of up to 100 youths on push bikes causing a danger to road users and disregarding traffic signals.

“We are reviewing footage and are also investigating a report of theft of items from Poundland in the Parade.”

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