Help- is anyone in the police and can guide me?

[Mopedfear]

Hello, would be really grateful for some advice, am very worried about what to do. NCd for this.

My DS has bought a moped; he is naive and obsessional, there are no documents and the licence is invalid. I think maybe it’s stolen. I want to hand it in to the police. Am worried there will be repercussions from the seller on my DS, my younger DD or me if the seller finds out . Are the police likely to spend much time trying to trace the seller? What else can I do? I am very law abiding and am not used to this; my DS is massively challenging and does a lot of risky things without thinking them through ((Adhd). His Dad is no help unfortunately so am struggling with how to deal with this. Any advice welcome. I just want this moped out of our house.

Can you get the chassis number off the moped (very long code consisting of numbers and letters).

Then either call / message your local force with your concerns and give them the index plates it is displaying and the chassis number. It should be easy enough for them to check and they won’t mind your concerns.

If there is anything dodgy with the bike then they’ll get back to you. You can speak to them further about your concerns re repercussions. With your son and his risky behaviour, would it help for an officer to talk to him?

How old is DS? And what do you mean by the licence is invalid?
Honestly I’d leave him to it if he’s old enough to make his own decisions. If you interfere he’s not going to learn to take responsibility for his own actions.
You can show him the DVLA site about buying and selling vehicles and what documentation he should have and leave him to make his own decision about what to do.

He is 15, 16 in a week- not old enough to drive it anyway and hasn’t got a licence. He is foolish (won’t listen to rules) and doesn’t even realise about things like how severe the penalties are for driving uninsured illegal vehicles are. He is completely obsessed with the idea of a moped and so has gone out and bought one which was advertised at a crazy price. Anyone less naive would have realised why it was that price

When I say naive; he doesn’t come across like this, he wants to come across as a tough guy who doesn’t care about rules. But actually of course he just doesn’t get some of the repercussions

The licence plate I mean- when I looked it up it said it was invalid

Sounds like it's stolen. Phone police and tell them what's happened. Your son hasn't bought it knowing or suspecting it to be stolen, upon it arriving at your house you have suspected and if you contact them sooner rather than later you won't be charged with handling stolen goods. The longer you leave it the worse it will be.
The police will obviously ask your son where he got it, he doesn't have to tell them if he is in fear. The only thing is they may want to question your son under caution if they think he knew it was stolen or involved in the theft.

Or abandon it in front of a police station with a note attached!

I'd take the advice from Fox. Get in touch with your local station and go from there.
Your son hasn't got the capacity to understand what he has done or to deal with the fallout well.
MkO's advice to leave him to it is unhelpful. He may ride it and hurt himself and other people. The fallout from leaving him too it could be catastrophic.
You could ask for the police to have a Stern word with him to give him a reality check.
I guess he bought it with cash and went somewhere to buy it. The seller won't know his name or where you live.
Good luck with sorting it. You sound such a lovely mum dealing with the difficulties the ADHD is causing your son.