South Yorkshire road policing hailed after man arrested for seven offences including car stolen in burglary
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Officers in Rotherham spotted a parked Audi and quickly established the number plates were fake. And when the driver returned a few minutes later he was ‘promptly boxed in’ by police vehicles front and back to prevent him fleeing.
‘SYP Ops Support’ tweeted pictures and said: ‘Great job last night when our officers spotted this cloned Audi parked up’.
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Hide AdThe vehicle was stolen in a burglary and the man was already wanted for five other offences, it added. He was arrested for those crimes plus burglary and possession of an offensive weapon after a knuckle duster was found in the car.
SYP Ops Support wrote: ‘This job just goes to show the advantages of having visible roads policing and road crime units out & about in the county’.