Two arrested and four cars seized as part of Coleshill operation

A vehicle crime operation in and around Coleshill on Friday (27 September) into Saturday morning led to two people being arrested and the seizure of four cars.

The operation was run by officers from Coleshill Safer Neighbourhood Team with support from traffic officers.

Operation Reduce, which used both marked and unmarked cars, was run in response to an increase in vehicle crime in the area.

During the operation a man was arrested and later charged with drink driving after officers reported seeing a car being driven erratically.

They also arrested a man on suspicion of assault after responding to a report of a disturbance in Wishaw.

Three cars were seized for not having insurance and one for being on cloned plates.

Full details of the operation:

• 2 arrests
• 1 cloned car seized
• 3 cars seized for not having insurance
• 61 vehicle checks on Police National Computer
• 11 driving licences checked on Police National Computer
• 3 stop and searches carried out
• 3 traffic offence reports submitted
• 22 ANPR hits responded to
• 3 fail to stops
• 8 emergency incidents attended

PC Johnny Howells from Coleshill Safer Neighbourhood Team said: “In response to a recent rise in vehicle crime we took the opportunity to flood the area with officers so we could be proactive looking for criminals and quickly respond to reports of crimes.

“The local community can be reassured that we will continue to be proactive in running these operations to target people who think they come into the area to commit crime.”

Superintendent Steve Davies, head of neighbourhood policing in Warwickshire, said: “This was excellent proactive policing by the neighbourhood and traffic officers, many of whom changed their shifts in order to run this operation at the times when the area has been targeted by criminals.”