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Thanks to the quick work of our Roads Policing officer, a disqualified driver in a stolen car and his passenger have been arrested.
A Roads Policing Unit officer was on routine patrol on the afternoon of Monday 21 October when he spotted a car believed to cloned, in Crown Lane, Clacton. As he activated the blue lights to request the vehicle stop, the driver sped off with his passenger and a short pursuit followed.
The vehicle only came to a stop after the car left the road and entered a field in in Crown Lane, Weeley. The car rolled over before the two men tried to run off across the field.
Undeterred, the officer gave chase and successfully detained the pair in the field before colleagues arrived.
Both men were arrested and remain in custody for questioning.
Superintendent Philip Stinger, Operational Police Command, said:
Each and every day I see determination and grit from my officers in the pursuit of upholding the law, keeping people safe and catching criminals and this was a great example of their work.
Faced with two suspects, who could have believed that they had a chance to evade arrest, my solo officer didn’t give up and has shown the public what we can do.
As a force, we’re working hard to identify and target stolen cars and cloned cars because of the devastating impact of this crime on their day to day lives and businesses.
It isn’t and won’t be accepted that car crime is a victimless crime – it isn’t – and we will do all we can with colleagues from across the force to stop it.
The 47-year-old driver, who sustained a minor head injury, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to stop for police. He was also arrested for further driving offences including driving whilst disqualified and no insurance following enquiries.
Enquiries at the scene led to the arrest of the 18-year-old passenger in connection with an offensive weapon incident in August.
Both the driver and passenger were also arrested on suspicion of a theft of petrol that occurred earlier this month in the Clacton area.
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