Met clamps down on vehicle crime and anti-social driving
The Met removed more than sixty supercars from the roads in central London last week, alongside five arrests as officers cracked down on “nuisance drivers.”
Westminster local residents complained about cars being driven dangerously or at high-speed. As a result, the Met worked with Westminster City Council and the Motor Insurers’ Bureau on an intelligence led operation to remove nuisance drivers who drive around the area more frequently in the summer months.
The operation launched on the evening of Friday, 2nd August, and ran across that weekend seizing £6 million worth of cars including McLaren, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Ferrari and Lamborghini, preventing further causing harm on the roads.
Officers also made five arrests, including for insurance fraud, using a mobile phone at the wheel, not using a seatbelt and driving without due care.
The Vehicle Recovery and Examination Services is a crucial part of the Met’s drive to tackle vehicle crime on the streets of London. It operates around the clock and removes and recovers thousands of vehicles as well as offering support to everything on the roads, from two- wheel bikes to HGVs.
The unique department works in partnership with a number of external agencies and Met contractors to remove, recover, restore and dispose of vehicles that are involved in collisions; those involved in serious and organised crime that require forensic examinations or those that are seized under Police powers for no insurance or being unlicensed.
