It was a busy Friday night for officers as they made several arrests while on patrol
PSNI’s auto crime team made several arrests across Belfast last night, (Friday) for a number of offences.
Police announced they attempted to pull over one vehicle which failed to stop when signalled.
A spokesman for PSNI said: “The driver was wanted to be recalled to prison and when signalled to stop by the team he made off creating a pursuit in which he drove dangerously from the vicinity of the Grosvenor Road to the Whiterock area.
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“The Auto Crime Team were assisted in containing the vehicle by Roads Policing Interceptor officers all whilst he was driving at the officers in a bid to escape. They arrested the driver for his return to prison, and various motoring offences. Searches of the male recovered a quantity of Class A drugs and Class C drugs for which he has been further arrested.
“While the team were conveying the first driver to custody, other members stopped and arrested a drink driver in the Lower Falls Area who provided a breath sample over double the drink driving limit.
“Shortly after returning to patrol, another vehicle was reported as having been stolen in the Ballysillan area. The car made it’s way to the Castlereagh Road area where the team located it and the suspect.
“This male has been arrested for the theft of the vehicle which has been recovered to be returned to it’s rightful owner.
“The actions taken by the team this evening have assisted in bringing offenders to justice to prevent further offending and most importantly have prevented harm being caused to the public.”
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