Edinburgh delivery driver’s warning to residents after moped vandalised by thugs on e-bikes who stole bag
The delivery driver warned residents to be “extremely cautious”
An Edinburgh delivery driver has said he no longer feels safe after two men on e-bikes allegedly vandalised his moped and stole his work bag.
Ali Alhusseini was just two months into the job when the pair blocked his path as he was handing over an order to a customer on Restalrig Road South last Tuesday at around 6:15pm.
“Laughing mockingly”, the pair reportedly came up to his moped and began kicking it repeatedly before snatching his bag.
Mr Alhusseini said they kept swarming him before “silently and quickly” fleeing when the delivery driver rang the police who quickly descended on the scene.
Calling the incident “unsettling”, the delivery driver said: “I have been doing delivery work for two months, and I am forced to continue with the same job out of necessity.
“These attacks were not personal; I don't know these two individuals, and they don't know me. However, they are active in the area, and I have seen them more than once while working there.”
He allegedly ran into the two men two days earlier when he said they, riding in the wrong direction down the one-way street, once again blocked the road and forced him to make a “sharp turn” to avoid them.
The delivery driver is now warning those on the street to “be extremely cautious”, adding that the men are “actively looking to steal or cause trouble”.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 6:15pm on Tuesday November 3, 2026, officers received a report of theft on Loaning Road, Edinburgh.
“Available lines of enquiry are complete however any further information will be assessed.”