JOHN THOMSON: This is Police Interceptors.
Get out the car! Police interceptors,
a real-life one? I'm gonna tell my kids about this.
And you're riding with the pride of Northamptonshire.
Speed one, two, zero.
Ace pursuit drivers...
Contact, contact, contact.
...with air support... We've got two out. Stand by.
Come out! ..and a crack dog unit.
If you move, you will get hit.
MAN GROANS
They bring down the bad guys... Police!
I believe you're wanted, mate, at the minute.
SHOUTING
...keep the streets safe...
Put your arms behind your back.
MAN SCREAMS Get on the floor.
...and battle 24/7...
Get down on the floor. ..In the war on crime.
Crash, crash.
Open the door now!
It is what it is, innit? We find them, we lock 'em up.
Coming up...
A runaway doing north of a tonne in a nicked car...
Crash, crash, crash.
...has his world turned upside down.
Stand by. It's overturned. They're trapped inside the vehicle.
Police! Police!
The Op Revive team paint the town green in Rushden.
It's one-four, I've got one running.
And a faller at the final fence in the Taser stakes.
Police officer with a Taser. Stay where you are.
Police officer with a Taser. Get on the floor.
Interceptors are skilled pursuit drivers...
...trained to evaluate danger.
Medium risk. Over the roundabout, continuing mocking the road, out.
But the bad guys they chase...
We're approaching the roundabout with road closures.
...aren't so big on road safety.
Vehicle's going through traffic cones.
Still continuing. It's at a high risk.
All interceptors, they'll be advanced drivers as a bare minimum.
It affords us the opportunity to drive at great speeds safely.
Nothing overrides safety, so...
we always have that in the back of our mind.
The people that we end up chasing,
the people that we end up dealing with,
they most definitely don't have that.
Their entire mindset is,
"I must get away. I cannot be caught."
Near to the Leicestershire border,
Bertie and his colleagues are following a stolen Ford S-Max.
A thief just hopped in and helped himself
when the owner left the engine running.
That was just minutes ago,
and the team's already all over the hot Ford.
SIREN BLARES
Other units are en route to intercept,
including Stewart Wilson and Rachael McCreadie.
RACHAEL: If they're coming this way, towards the A6...
STEWART: Ah. Is this gonna be it? Or is it someone else?
Stewart thinks the pursuit might be heading straight towards them.
No. But it's a false alarm.
Ashley Road. They're down here, then, I imagine.
So, yeah, go back up to this roundabout.
Back up that way.
They're still a few miles from the action.
Got our stingers, all right?
The S-Max and the Focus seem to be in convoy.
And despite them being in the unmarked,
the cops have likely been clocked.
The dodgy pair appear to be coming to a stop.
But not for long. The Focus is away. Bertie moves to block the S-Max...
...but it rams his car and breaks free.
Both cars have floored it, but Bertie's not hanging about.
He soon has the Focus in sight but overtakes,
as he only has eyes for the nicked S-Max.
The runaway's pushing 100mph, speeds way beyond
mortal driving skills on rural roads.
Approaching a bend at 80, he nearly loses the back end.
It's the slalom, and this bloke is all over the shop.
There's a Give Way, but it doesn't seem
the driver has read his Highway Code.
He's risking it all to escape.
With the country roads narrowing, his speed increasing
and other hazards on the road...
...this pursuit is only going to end one way.
BERTIE: Crash, crash, crash. Vehicle's overturned.
At crazy speed, the runaway's lost control,
clipped a hedge and flipped the S-Max onto its roof.
The cops prepare for the worst.
Stand by. It's overturned.
They're trapped inside the vehicle. There is movement inside.
Mercifully, there are signs of life.
How many's in there? SUSPECT: Huh?
How many of you in there? just one.
Just one? Yeah, one. Right.
Come out on the driver's side if you can.
The mangled door's jammed, so they improvise.
Mind out. Watch out.
Glass here. You're blinding me, bruv.
Right, out you come. One sec, then.
The driver's likely been tossed about like a ragdoll
and doesn't know which way's up and which way's down.
Er, we're just trying to get him out.
But eventually, his feet pop out.
Stand up, mate. I will stand up, but I can't see.
I've got glass in my eye. All right, mate.
Aside from sore eyes, unbelievably, he seems OK.
OK, you're nicked for stolen motor vehicle,
fail to stop... Stolen?
Listen to me, you're nicked for stolen motor vehicle,
fail to stop, dangerous driving. You got water?
Probably no insurance, probably no licence, etc, etc.
HE RECITES POLICE CAUTION
Can I have something? Can I have some water?
I need to wipe my eyes. Anything you do say
may be given in evidence. No problem, bruv.
You wanna stand up, yeah?
If I could just move down here, bruv? Come on.
I ain't gonna run, bruv.
I'm gonna stick you in cuffs anyway.
You just had a doozy of trying to get away from us, yeah?
The bracelets go on...
...as Stewart and Rachael arrive...
...to marvel at how the driver escaped this wreck with his life.
So, he's literally bounced into the hedge,
come out, round...
...back into the hedge.
Ancl then that's probably what's flipped it from that side.
He's a lucky boy.
It's also a minor miracle that no-one else has been hurt.
He's come round what is a blind bend,
erm, and he's lost control. But just imagine
some member of the public coming down here.
And, again, this is why we try to get these vehicles stopped.
So, yeah, absolutely ridiculous.
Bertie takes the suspect off to the nick.
And despite Rachael and Stewart missing out on the action,
they are at least here for the clear-up.
It's a decent result,
thanks to a quick response by the team.
It is always a good feeling when you find them quickly. Yeah.
Maybe not in this condition. SHE LAUGHS
It's just a shame it's upside down. Yeah.
The court put upside-down man straight
after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving,
handling stolen goods and driving without insurance.
He was banned for more than four years,
had to pay £187 and went down for 14 months.
Still to come...
Stop. This is a... joke.
Stop kicking off. This is a joke. I swear down.
Round and round the garden in Rushden.
If you're gonna kick off, you can stay on the floor.
And the big red key...
...unlocks a well-oiled green machine.
You've got a sophisticated set-up again.
You've got lights, you've got fans.
It's all go in Rushden.
A wanted man who's evaded cops for three months
has been spotted leaving a hospital in his car,
which just pinged an ANPR camera.
This is the chap that's wanted for GBH.
I don't know even what his name is, but I just heard it on this channel,
and it's just hit a camera.
The man's accused of assault.
Ideally, Harrison would be double-crewed,
but that doesn't stop him putting his foot down.
Not that far ahead.
Intel comes through on where the suspect might be heading.
Yeah, cos it's come in this way, so it's gonna...
it's gonna have gone here.
The old spider sense is tingling.
It's gonna be here, I guarantee it.
And it's working perfectly
because this guy matches the wanted man's description.
There's no time to wait for back-up. Hello, mate, you all right?
RADIO: 'Yeah, that's us free for an armed deployment.'
Save that for us, dude. What's your name? What?
I... You're... I believe you're wanted, mate, at the minute.
Get on the floor.
It's one-four. Got one running.
Harrison's a fit copper,
but he's carrying seven kilos of kit.
Although... Spinney Road, black out the estate.
...some kit's quite handy at times like this.
Police officer with a Taser. Stay where you are!
Police officer with a Taser. Get on the floor!
Get on the floor! Get on the floor! Get on the floor now!
SUSPECT: All right, man, what are you doing that for?
Get on the floor.
You're under arrest for GBH in a minute.
The bloke's struggling, so Harrison reaches for the PAVA.
Police officer spray. Get on the floor.
Put your hands behind your back.
I'm not doing it. Put your hands behind your back.
Why are you filming?
I haven't clone anything at all. Stay there.
The threat of PAVA spray has done the trick.
Sit on the floor, mate. Sit down.
Harrison's Taser trained and likes to keep himself active
with long walks with his dogs Bo and Ritchie.
But this foot chase was more of a short sprint.
RADIO: 'Spinney Road.' Police officer with a Taser.
Then thanks to a garden fence, the threat of 50,000 volts...
Get on the floor. Get on the floor.
...and the prospect of a face full of PAVA,
the finish line is in sight.
You're under arrest. You're wanted for serious assault.
On who? You do not have to say anything.
A serious assault?
I've got him in handcuffs in a garden at the minute.
Serious assault?
You don't have to say anything. Can I get my tablets?
It may harm your defence if you don't mention when questioned
something which you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Harrison's got his man,
but his man denies all knowledge of the alleged assault.
What assault? On who?
On who? I've been in hospital, man. I know you've been in hospital.
So why didn't you arrest me when I was there?
I wasn't at hospital.
Well, yo use were. I wasn't.
There was loads of yo use. I wasn't there.
So, all of this for what? This is a joke.
No, a joke would be struggling when handcuffed to the rear.
This is a... joke. Stop kicking off.
This is a joke, I swear down.
Ow! What the...
If you're gonna kick off, you can stay on the floor.
Just chill on the floor, then. Stop kicking off.
Just, please.
Cos that is my bad side. I'm not joking.
The best place for laughing boy until back-up arrives
is on the ground.
Can I just lean on that wall, please?
Not at the minute, no,
cos you keep kicking off every time I sit you up.
You're trying to pull away and run off.
You've already tried to run away once.
I'll just lean against the wall.
And with the suspect proving a handful...
But as you're aware, I'm on my own at the minute,
so we can wait till another crew gets here.
...Harrison's grateful to see the cavalry roll in.
He hasn't been searched yet...
Can I just lean against that wall, please? There's two of yo use now.
He's chucked all his stuff over there. They're my tablets.
I've just got out of hospital. I know they're your tablets.
Harrison's all heart.
This is a joke. Ancl it takes all of this
when you could have arrested me in hospital.
This guy's been wanted for three months,
but it turns out the interceptors nicked him a day too soon.
I was literally gonna hand myself in tomorrow.
He tells a heartbreaking tale.
Ancl you're pulling your Taser out on me.
What? Did I have a blade? No.
I don't know. You ran off. I didn't have time to stand...
I didn't have time to stand round
and check on you, did I, when you legged it?
No, cos I'm getting nicked for BLEEP all.
But I've never met you before.
But unfortunately... But you pulled a Taser on me for running.
But unfortunately, you're showing as wanted
for a pretty serious offence.
Despite his protests, he's off for a trip to the nick...
It's all right. Stand up for us, then. We'll get you to a car.
...where he'll have some serious questions to answer.
Can you get my tablets as well, please?
Course we can. I need to have my tablets.
Ancl your phone. We'll get that as well.
Seriously, thank you. My car's down there,
so I'll sort that out in a minute. He's launched his phone.
Take a seat. In that car there?
A collar three months in the making...
I don't know, he just ran off. I'll... Yeah.
Yeah, A little cheeky foot chase.
...thanks to some superb solo work by Harrison.
This is the stuff he had in his pocket.
He's got a bit of cash in his pocket as well, I think.
Tell it to the... Not at the minute, no.
I'll just have a look for his stuff.
Yeah, thankfully, the Taser red clot
had the effect this time,
and it kind of got him a bit subdued.
So, single-crewed, you've always got a decision to make, but, yeah...
It's good. He's in handcuffs, that's the main thing.
There's no injuries and he's arrested,
so, yeah, it's a good job, to be fair.
Despite his sprint from the cops,
no charges were brought regarding the alleged assault.
But Harrison did bag a new recruit.
What's that, let me have a look at that one?
That is cool.
That's like a proper police hat, isn't it?
That suits you.
A future interceptor in the making.
Try this one on. See how you look.
Now you look like a traffic cop.
That's what we like to see.
LAUGHTER
SIREN
The market in illegal cannabis in the UK
is worth about £2.6 billion a year,
with more than 250 tonnes
sold to over three million users.
Gangs are increasingly setting up cannabis farms...
That's quite a decent grow.
...that convert entire properties into production lines
for class B drugs.
Got three bedrooms full of cannabis grows.
And this morning, Lee Goodwin and the team
are hoping to put a dent in this illegal trade.
So, we're in Rushden today
to execute a warrant for a possible cannabis factory.
In the past two months, we have clone two warrants.
One at the old Brian Watts carpet shop,
which is to the left of the property we are going to today.
Ancl we've literally last month clone a warrant
on the other side at the old Learning Centre.
But before she leads this morning's raid,
Lee wants to revisit past glories,
starting with the site of the old Early Learning Centre.
This was a cannabis factory in here.
Officers entered through these doors here.
And what they discovered was an operation on an industrial scale.
This is room two.
Ground floor. It's 109 plants.
The interceptors had got there just in time.
Mature plants.
This was a serious set-up with nearly 1,000 plants.
Here's room four.
Ground floor still, there's 250 plants.
Going into room five, upstairs.
Number of plants is 77.
There are numerous notes.
Written in Albanian, I believe.
They even had living quarters... of sorts.
Two mattresses.
This is the toilet
and where they do their washing of their clothes.
Ancl then this old carpet factory just here
was again another cannabis factory.
Go on, go on, go on.
The interceptors believed this former factory...
Police! Police!
...had been converted into a cannabis farm by the same gang.
Police officers with Tasers!
Anyone inside, make yourself known.
And, while the front of the building was empty...
I'll cover down here.
...the back of the property... Yeah.
...was a different story.
Police!
With the sophisticated set-up...
Very well clone. Yeah.
...hundreds upon hundreds of plants...
Got living quarters. ..and a suspected farmer.
Come out. Come on.
Out there. Over there.
I'll get him. You get him.
All right, put your hands behind your back, behind your back.
Listen, mate, you're under arrest at the minute
on suspicion of the cultivation of cannabis, all right?
Between them,
the two raids garnered almost 2,000 plants
with an estimated street value of £2 million.
During the busts,
the team noticed suspicious activity in a nearby flat.
And that flat is the target of today's raid.
Though Lee is unsure if it's a working factory.
Potentially, by our disruption of those two,
we may have spooked the set-up
in the cannabis factory we are going to today.
Or it may be so brazen,
that they think they have been forgotten about.
There's only one way to find out.
PHONE RINGS
No need for the "big red key" just yet.
It's the police, can you let me in?
Thank you.
Sometimes doors to weed farms
can be reinforced to make entry as difficult as possible.
Not this one, though.
Officers with Tasers, stay where you are!
Clear.
Nobody in here.
It's not looking promising.
Entry gained. No cannabis factory.
No grow, but Lee suspects there might have been.
It is stereotypical of a cannabis factory,
or at least a small grow that would have been in here.
We've got very little on the work surfaces in the kitchen.
It's dirty. It's full of flies.
The gang would have likely have rented the property,
with the landlord completely unaware of their activities,
and then abandoned ship.
My suspicion is they've been spooked by the other two that we have clone.
Ancl they have returned it to its relatively natural state.
Cleared everything out. If it was a cannabis factory in here,
it would just have been a hydroponics tent.
While it looks like bad timing on this one...
Hopefully, the next one will be more fruitful.
The interceptors have one more roll of the dice this morning.
Guys, if you sort of want to ditch your cars around here.
Although not connected to the other raids,
there's intel of another grow around the corner.
Front? Yeah.
We're good.
Just step out of the way.
The postman drops a letter off next door.
But it's a different type of delivery for the suspect address.
Police officer with Taser!
Up the stairs, mate.
While they search for anyone inside...
Police officer with Taser!
...outside, the team have nicked someone
trying to leap over the back fence.
And it's soon clear why he was doing the dodgy steeplechase.
It's not on the scale of the industrial operations down the road,
but still a decent-sized grow.
Lee gives a tour of the farm.
So, this is the first grow room.
You've got a sophisticated set-up again.
You got lights, you've got fans to keep it at a steady temperature.
A thermometer showing a steady 27 degrees in here at the moment.
Again,
we've got another room again with the same set-up.
And then you come through...
to the final room.
Of which these are more compact.
The windows have been sealed up
so that you can't see anything from the outside.
Scenes of Crime arrive to take photos
and dust for fingerprints.
Two plants will be taken for analysis,
with the rest counted, then sent off to be burnt.
The suspected farmers arrested at the Early Learning Centre
were released without charge.
And no action was taken against the worker at the old carpets factory.
The raid on the house saw 63 plants seized
with a street value of around 52 grand.
The farmer who tried to jump the fence pleaded guilty
to growing the weed, and got 12 weeks inside,
plus a fine of £154.
Yeah.
And while the farm is decommissioned to prevent further use,
not everything is destroyed.
Any soil or fertiliser or anything like that,
we will look to give to local allotments.
Give back to society.
It's something that we've clone in Rushden
for many, many years.
Ancl it goes down really well with the local community.
Thank you.
Still to come...
Do you want to search me or what?
Calm yourself down. Calm yourself down.
I'm pissed off. just come back from holiday.
You're trying to stitch me up.
...a bag of magic from a "fun guy"...
What's that? Mushrooms.
...and a lesson from a drink-driver...
And what you do is you left-foot brake.
...fails to impress Rob.
You're not gonna ever agree with me on this.
No, you're quite right, I'm not.
Northamptonshire has over 300 ANPR cameras,
making it nigh on impossible
for dodgy vehicles to travel across the county unnoticed.
So, we've received an ANPR marker,
of a vehicle involved in drug supply
and may have links to weapons
that comes back to a village over on east Northants.
So we suspect he's going back that way.
So just trying to play catch-up.
Aaron "Griff" Griffiths and Scott Kimberley
aren't the only ones aiming to intercept.
There is intelligence saying it may be linked to
a firearm, namely a pistol.
It's been reviewed.
Ancl that's the reason why Firearms are going at the moment as well.
A few miles away in Rushden...
INDISTINCT RADIO CHAT
'Onto High Street.'
...firearms cops have eyes on the car as it parks up.
It's an offside indication.
Vehicle's here.
Another unit is also on scene.
Turn your car off.
And with the firearms marker, they need the driver
and passenger in bracelets pronto.
Excuse me, mate. Hand.
The other hand.
Turns out the two lads have just got back from a break in Bournemouth.
What's going on?
Let's get these on. We've been on holiday, mate.
Welcome home. You're detained for the purpose of a search,
section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, all right?
Is there anything in the car there shouldn't be?
According to the driver, he's clean.
OK, step out of the car for us, please.
But they are not taking his word for it.
All right, mate. Sorry.
Is there anything on you that's gonna hurt me? No.
Stand against this wall for us, please.
OK, so, can we search?
I'm literally just dropping my brother off here.
You are gonna be searched for drugs, OK?
I suspect you've got drugs within the vehicle.
I haven't got...
Griff and Scott arrive on scene to help contain the suspect
and search the car.
And that search is only seconds old...
I've literally just started.
...when they find scales with the residue of some white powder.
The driver is looking twitchy.
What are you doing? Nothing, mate. Well, stand still, then.
They've also found a wedge of cash in his pocket.
Mate, there's nothing going on, mate.
There's nothing to search me.
Nothing to hide,
apart from a Kinder egg containing what looks like cocaine.
Knew it.
Just possession of, at the minute.
You're under arrest on suspicion of possession of class A drugs.
RECITES RIGHTS
The passenger is arrested for the same.
You are under arrest under suspicion of possession of class A.
Been on holiday, bro, do you know what I mean?
So?
The best thing about holidays is you come back all relaxed.
Have you any outstanding charges?
No. Do you want to search me or what?
Do you want to search me or what?
I'm pissed off, just come back from holiday, man.
You're trying to stitch me up.
I'm asking if there's anything down your trousers.
Calm yourself down. OK? You are going to be strip-searched.
That's all I'm asking you.
That's fine, bro, you can strip-search me. OK.
He'll be taken down the nick, but the search of the car...
The driver's side been clone?
...just keeps on giving with bundles of weed and...
...mushrooms, the Class A variety
commonly called "magic".
They're individually wrapped.
The fact that some of the drugs are separately bagged
means the charges have been upgraded.
Excuse me, mate.
Listen to me, you're no longer under arrest for possession of class A.
You have been arrested on suspicion
of being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs.
The car may have links to weapons,
but none are found inside, just drugs.
And Griff wants to know if there are more drugs in the driver.
We have got grounds to drug wipe him
to see if he's got anything in his system.
Obviously, he is not very happy, as you can tell,
of our presence or being arrested.
Which is fine, but we are gonna do that.
Because drugs have been found in the vehicle, I've got a power
to request a specimen of saliva from you.
Section 6 of the Road Traffics Act.
Specifically, to test for cannabis and cocaine in your system.
It's a lawful requirement... Move that camera out of my face, bro.
I need to let you know
if you fail or refuse to supply a specimen of saliva,
that is a further offence you can be prosecuted for, all right?
And after eight minutes, it's a full house.
OK, the time is 2:57. You're under arrest for driving
a motor vehicle whilst over the prescribed drug limit,
namely cannabis.
It's a great result,
and the day's work isn't over yet.
So, we've got the two in custody.
And there's...
an idea that...
potentially they will...
have already tried to make contact with people
to make contact with other people relating to their home addresses.
So, what we have clone with that information,
we have gone round to addresses to perform Section 18 searches,
see if we can recover anything from either of those addresses.
The searches uncovered a jar of magic mushrooms
at the passenger's address,
and he received a warning.
The driver pleaded guilty to drug driving,
he was banned from the road for 22 months
and ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work.
No further action was taken
in relation to the suspected drug supply.
The number of people killed in drink-driving collisions
is at its highest level since 2009.
Even a small amount of alcohol
can give drivers a false sense of confidence,
leading them to take greater risks
and increase the chances of crashing.
Drink-driving is still a massive problem for us on the roads.
It ruins lives on a daily basis
up and down the country.
You know, unfortunately, the roads of Northamptonshire
are no different to that.
Used to be Friday and Saturday nights,
whereas now it can literally be any time of any clay
we are picking drink-drivers up.
Ancl they really do pose a massive risk
to themselves and to other road users.
It's lunchtime, and someone has started early.
A call has come in reporting a driver who may be over the limit.
The suspect's just been spotted
by another officer pulling into a petrol station.
'Looks like it's indicated into the services on Westbridge.'
INDISTINCT RADIO MESSAGE
Yeah, into the BP.
I'm not a million miles away. Thank you.
Rob Harfleet is en route in a marked Beamer 340.
And it looks like Rob's target has form.
'He has got previous, albeit ten years ago, for drink driving.'
The suspect is in ajag.
There it is.
One-two, we are with it.
Now it's just a waiting game.
So, his only exit is in front of us.
The jag is filled up with petrol...
He's pulling away, there he is.
...but its driver is full of booze.
Let's just, before we get to the main road...
HONKS HORN
SIREN
Rob lights him up, before his jag hits the main drag.
Hello!
Just having a chat with the driver. I'll be back with you momentarily.
How are we? You got any idea why I may have stopped you today?
No. No? OK.
Someone's made a report on a vehicle being driven, I think,
potentially quite poorly.
Just wondering if you might be under the influence
of any alcohol or anything like that?
I had a can of beer earlier, but that's it.
Oh, right, OK. That might be all it is, then.
Are you OK with your walking?
Just said, cos you are holding onto the car.
I didn't know if you... If you want to come over...
Yeah, no.
I didn't know whether you needed a walking stick or anything like that.
Do you want to come and join me in the back of my car?
Ancl then we'll just do the necessaries.
Come round this side, come round this side.
Jag man has coughed to drinking one beer.
Take a seat in there.
Lovely.
Rob suspects it was one of many.
So, when I ask you to do so,
I just need you to take a nice, deep breath in.
Make a nice, tight seal around the end of the tube.
Ancl it is just a steady breath until I tell you to stop.
I'll do my best. Absolutely, for me.
I'll hold onto the device for you.
That's it.
MAN BREATH ES
Keep going, keep g0_il19, keep going, keep go|ng.
Keep going, keep going and stop. That's it. Good man.
If you want to hold onto the end of that tube for me.
OK.
Michael, it's come back as a 93.
OK. The legal limit being 35. All right? Which is a fail.
HE BREATHES IN
It's either a super-strength tinny
or he's telling porkies.
So, by my watch, it's 13:46.
Ancl you're under arrest on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle
whilst over the prescribed limit for alcohol. OK?
You do not have to say anything, but...
But jag man has got a cunning plan to get himself off the hook.
Surely...
you've pulled me... Uh-hm.
...and I'm not actually on the Queen's highway.
I'm in a private garage.
There is one major flaw though.
You are driving your motor vehicle, OK,
on a place or on a road where the public have access to.
It's not a private garage.
There are other members of the public there. OK?
Also it's King's highway now, remember.
Some drink-drivers hold their hands up and take responsibility.
No, my sort of argument is...
that my driving...
my driving was absolutely perfect.
Not this one, though.
My walking, my talking, everything else is absolutely perfect.
Urn...
It was just somebody that...
has suggested to you that...
I drink and drive.
Uh-hm.
Not the most convincing argument a court will ever hear.
And Rob's got a better one.
The argument I would make,
not only professionally, but personally,
but if I was driving,
and I knew I was gonna be driving anywhere within the, say,
next ten to 12 hours,
I would not be drinking...
Yeah, yeah. ..at all. Right.
With the latest figures estimating
260 people killed in drink-driving collisions in a year,
Rob is not mincing his words.
If you misjudge one thing, because you were over the legal limit,
you end up rolling that in a ditch,
get trapped and can't be found,
OK,
you could end up well losing your life in it.
Rob's good sense is falling on deaf ears.
Old, deaf ears.
Once you get a bit older... Oh, yeah?
Go on.
...and you've been driving like me for 46 years...
OK.
...if, if you think
you're still sort of slightly over the limit,
you drive a lot more carefully.
And what you do is, especially in an automatic,
is you left-foot brake.
So that
what happens is your reaction time is a lot quicker.
OK.
You're not ever gonna agree with me on this.
No, you're quite right, I'm not. What happens to your reaction time
when you're under the influence of alcohol, intoxicant or anything else
that might affect your judgement and skill perception?
So, what you've said to me, then, again,
it doesn't wash, then, does it?
You don't left-foot brake
through choice, because you think your reactions are quicker.
OK? You do it, because you think you are pissed.
No. Er, yes.
So, you know, pointless carrying on the conversation.
Finally, something we can all agree on.
You're quite right, it is. Yeah.
The bloke is taken to the station
to blow on the evidential breath test machine.
And the score is...
...86 and 84.
Yeah.
He is twice over the legal limit.
The seasoned driver with tactics for tipsy motoring
pleaded guilty to drink driving,
got a 20-month ban, 12-month community order
and £199 fine.
If you think it's fine to drink and drive, it's not.
You are a danger to yourself and others.
The risks do not outweigh the reward.
Still to come...
Why are you asking me? Why are you losing your rag?
I'm not, you're making me like this.
A suspect cyclist claims he's squeaky clean.
Do you always talk like that? SQUEAKILY: Yes. Why not?
Electric bike sales have tripled
across the UK in the last five years.
And while most are an environmentally friendly
way to get about,
some versions are giving the interceptors a real headache.
What we are getting now is
people that are building their own
electric-powered bikes.
To the point where
bikes are potentially capable of doing 60 miles-an-hour plus.
They are using them outside the capabilities
of what the bike is designed for.
Ancl the brakes just aren't designed to stop them...
at that speed.
So that is a real problem for us.
Because the potential for causing serious injury,
or even death,
suddenly becomes a lot greater.
Over there somewhere.
It's Thursday night,
and Michael Hollowell is after a bloke he suspects
to be on a souped-up pedal bike.
There he goes.
E-bikes have to be pedal-assisted, but this one is travelling
up a hill without the rider even pedalling.
Hello, chap.
Just come here a second. Bring your bike.
Mike is a keen cyclist himself
and knows his way around a pair of wheels.
OK, so, it's a push-bike. Yes.
Yeah? That's been adapted. Yes. All right.
It's a bog-standard push-bike
that's been fitted with an electric motor.
The question is, is it street legal?
Where do you turn it on? So, how do you throttle that, then?
You need to pedal it.
You don't pedal it. You weren't pedalling...
You was not pedalling at all.
Come back here, come back. Come back. Stand here.
If the bike has got a motor capable of producing
more than 250W,
it's considered a motorbike.
Turn it on and show... It's on. It's not on.
It's on. No, it's not. It's on.
That is not on. Because your throttle doesn't work.
Mike is certain the bike is dodgy
and has his doubts about the rider.
Right, so, what's your name?
Do you live here? Of course. That's what I'm telling you, man.
OK. So, who is living here? Are you living in here?
Why are you asking me questions? Why are you losing your rag?
I'm not. You're making me like this.
You know, you're telling me like some things, bro.
Michael is a fan of comedy legends The Two Ronnies.
And he's not sure if this palaver in a balaclava
is an act, too.
Do you always talk like that? SQUEAKILY: Yes. Why not?
I'm not being as rude as you.
You're harassing me, telling me some crazy stuff.
I'm not harassing you.
Either way, he needs to find out
who this character really is.
Have you got a driving licence on you? No.
Have you got a bank card on you? In the house. Can I bring it?
Is there anybody else in the house? Yes.
My neighbours, my friends.
Why would your neighbours live in your house? Huh?
You just message your friend, "Can you bring my bank card out?"
Why? Because that's what I want.
Why I need to do this? Because I don't want to come in your house.
There is probably no room with all those neighbours in there.
Are you going to give me your details?
I'll bring it, I told you, I'll bring it.
Just message your friend.
I don't have his number.
You don't have your friend's number, although you live with them? No.
To move things along, they reach a compromise.
I'll tell you what I'll do, we'll go to the door. Yeah.
Ancl you can ask them to bring it to the door,
rather than you go in the house. I don't want you going in the house.
OK. Looks like I'm gonna run away from you or what?
Do you think I'm a stupid idiot or what?
I think the jury is out on that one.
Once his flatmate, who may also be his neighbour,
fetches the bank card,
Michael runs the details and returns to the bike.
Right, so, because of the motor on there, that's a motor vehicle.
Its motor is too powerful
for it to be considered a bicycle.
So you are riding a motorbike,
so have you got a driving licence?
Er...
Full driving licence? Do you have insurance?
No. OK.
OK, so, you are driving a motor vehicle...
so you are gonna lose your bike.
Yeah, I can take that.
Having accepted his fate, he seems over keen to get rid of Michael.
You said you're taking my bike. So take the bike and go on, man.
Probably because the police database flags him as a wanted man.
I'm arrested? At this moment you are under arrest.
Things have turned more serious,
because this joker's marker is no laughing matter.
OK, you are under arrest for... a serious assault.
RECITES CAUTION
Yeah, yeah.
UK?
He is wanted for GBH and he is going to the nick.
Come with me a second. Yeah, yeah.
MAN LAUGHS
You sound so happy about it.
I've done nothing, man. You are?
Stay there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Happy days.
One dodgy bike and potentially dodgier rider off the street.
No-one would ever have stopped him knowing that.
So, the good thing is we found out who he is.
And he's come in and we can get him dealt with.
The masked joker is on bail for GBH.
For riding without insurance, he was fined over a grand
and disqualified for six months.
And that's no joke.
There's obviously a victim out there somewhere that's...
...received some serious injuries for it to be a GBH.
So it's good to get this person in.