Police! Come to the door! You'll come to no harm.
GUNSHOT Shots fired.
Crime never sleeps.
Why are you touching me?!
But neither... Why are you touching me?!
...do the cops.
Freeze for the dog!
Battling on the front line...
He's in the back garden.
...are Nottinghamshire's finest.
Highly trained pursuit drivers...
CRASH
Oh, God.
Vehicle failing to stop.
...specialists in entry...
...and search...
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...rapid response firearms officers...
Do not move!
...and the crime-stopping force...
Get him off me, get him off me! ..of the dog unit.
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Wherever the battle takes them...
...they'll never back down...
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...because cometh the hour...
Get down on the floor.
CRASH
...cometh the interceptors.
Oi, you can get off...
It's a good day at the office.
Coming up...
There's intel around the rider for drug dealing.
...the not-so-great escape...
TYRES SCREECH
Taking us to a dead end.
...a tight squeeze for Rob and Spence.
It's going to get stuck, surely.
...and a wanted man...
...caught short.
CRASH
Stand by, stand by. Contact with the subject vehicle.
Wrong 'uns risk their lives running away from the cops...
Oh, shit.
...and never more so...
...than when their getaway vehicle of choice has only two wheels.
That's the thing with motorcycles.
It just makes our life so much more difficult.
That's why they are a menace. They're nimble, they're fast.
They can go places that cars can't go.
It's inherently riskier if they're on a bike.
And they know that we have to manage that risk.
It makes our life a lot more difficult.
Rolling out for the afternoon shift are interceptors Gav Hall
and Dan Mottishaw.
They are part of the knife crime team,
but it's not blades they're after today.
We are in Church Warsop.
And we had an intelligence briefing yesterday
about drug dealers operating around this area.
So we're just in the area,
seeing if we can see any of those drug dealers.
And they don't have to wait long.
Yes, yes, we've got him in sight towards us now.
There's intel the bloke on the motorbike is dealing drugs,
and it looks like he might be carrying.
Got a rucksack.
A speedy uey, and Gav hatches a plan.
Grab him now, yeah?
You want to? Can do, yeah.
The boys make their introductions.
SIREN
But the suspect's not interested in a meet and greet.
Fail to stop.
The Honda 125 has the edge from a standstill,
but Gav's Volvo XC70 trumps its top end.
Got a motorbike failing to stop.
Church Road from Church Warsop
back towards Warsop.
Advanced driver. Advanced vehicle. Pursuit trained.
Gav's a highly skilled pursuit driver
with 15 years' experience chasing down Nottinghamshire's bad lads.
And he's trying to keep a safe distance from the bike
without letting the runaway suspect out of his sights.
Currently the RA is low,
and it is a left, left, left.
The suspected drug dealer now swaps the tarmac for the pavement.
Vehicle still failing to stop. Currently medium risk.
And we are right, right, right.
Whatever is in biker boy's rucksack,
he's desperate to keep it from Gav and Dan.
There's intel around the rider for drug dealing.
He's wearing full protective gear and a helmet.
Which is lucky.
TYRES SCREECH
It's a nasty-looking crash,
but, amazingly, he's up and off.
Gav is hot on his heels,
closely followed by Dan.
But their stuntman suspect has, somehow,
shaken off his smash to give them the slip.
31-10. The man's gone to ground.
We need to get some containment on.
It seems he aimed to lose the cop car on the narrow path,
and though it looks like a collision...
TYRES SCREECH
...he slammed on the front anchors,
narrowly missed the van,
but has flipped over the handlebars.
They think the lad's gone to ground somewhere on this street.
Gav covers the rear, while Dan heads round the front.
The vehicle is a crash.
I'll come and have a look.
Dan the man is well trained in all the toys -
stinger, performance car and Taser.
And it's the latter skill set that's about to come in handy.
All's quiet in this garden.
But next door...
Stay where you are! Police officer with a Taser!
Police officer with a Taser!
Gav's on his way.
But it looks like 50,000 volts of persuasion...
Come out now.
...has done the trick.
Right, go to my colleague. Go to my colleague.
Gav, come round to me.
Male detained.
The wheels have come off his day.
All right, mate, you're under arrest, mate. Fail to stop.
Dangerous driving.
Evel Knievel's nicked for his stunt riding,
but there's the little matter of suspected drug dealing,
and something is missing from this picture.
We're just going to search the gardens. He's ditched his rucksack.
The hunt is on for the missing rucksack.
The next bit of garden is where he's come from.
If you see anything that doesn't belong to you...
...don't pick it up, mate.
Cos we might need to...
...just, like, check it for fingerprints and what have you.
But... But he's possibly ditched a rucksack.
If they don't find any drugs, they will never nail him for dealing.
When you've seen him, has he had a rucksack on?
OK, so he's come from that way, has he, then?
They know his rough route through the back gardens
and soon spot his helmet.
No, if you leave it there, we'll come and grab it.
He's obviously been able to get his motorcycle helmet over there,
so his bag's going to be close by.
Sherlock Gav to the rescue.
You've got the bag? Yeah.
The bag's been ditched near to the helmet at the end of a garden.
It looks like the lad's been caught red-handed.
Got his blood all over it.
Yeah, there's blood all over.
Load of gear in here.
Wonder Wheels will shoulder the blame for a massive bag of weed.
Basically, we saw him carrying this bag.
There's probably about 40 or 50 deals of cannabis already made up.
So the intel that he's dealing cannabis is correct.
He's going to have difficulty saying that it's not his bag
and he hasn't put it there,
cos it's going to be his blood that's all over it.
Time to reunite the rucksack with its owner.
Face my colleague. You're also under arrest on suspicion
of possessing cannabis with intent to supply it.
Just remember you're under caution, OK?
He's facing serious charges, but it could have been far worse.
How bad are your injuries? SUSPECT MURMURS
Did you knock your head or owt?
Oh, yeah, course you have. All right, nice one.
His helmet might have just saved him from serious injury.
TYRES SCREECH
Ancl Wonder Wheels is the gift that keeps on giving.
A search of his home turns up yet more evidence.
So we did a Section 18 search of the property. We found...
...quite a large quantity of cash.
It's all bundled in sort of like £100.
It's quite a decent amount of cash there.
Bit more cannabis - that's been seized - just there.
And then there's a load more change as well.
The suspect's bloods came back over the prescribed limit for cannabis.
He was sentenced to 80 hours' unpaid work
and banned from driving for 20 months.
He's still under investigation for possession with intent
to supply a class B drug.
Still to come...
Interceptors hunt a high-risk wanted man one step at a time.
Take your time.
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And will it be a narrow escape for a nippy Merc?
We're not going to get through there.
It's estimated in England and Wales there are 2.3 million adults
who have experienced domestic abuse in the past year.
And during the coronavirus pandemic,
calls to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline
increased by 65%.
Statistically,
domestic violence has led to a lot of murders over the years.
You know, that's how serious it can get.
We've learnt as an organisation over time
that we need to try and stamp out domestic violence
as early as we can
and protect the victims.
So we do take it very seriously
and we do put a lot of time and effort
into finding high-risk domestic offenders.
Straight up the A60, yeah?
Interceptors Lewis Marshall and Darren "Chalky" Chalk
have information on the location of a man who belongs behind bars.
F
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Shockingly, the bloke is suspected of assaulting
his pregnant partner and he is believed to be at her house now.
F
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Lewis likes a shandy, but there are no half measures
when it comes to locking up Notts' most wanted.
He's all business in uniform.
É
They need to get there fast.
É
F
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It looks like Lewis and Chalky are the only ones
who want to feel his collar.
KNOCK AT DOOR
There's no answer at the door, but there's another means of entry...
...via the bathroom window.
Get it on the windowsilL
They don't know if the dangerous suspect is home.
Get some...push-up on it.
Interceptor Danielle must tread carefully.
That should just pop open.
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Danielle went straight out there.
F
Backup isn't far behind.
And just as he reaches the ledge...
...the suspect has scarpered.
It's now an urgent manhunt.
We need to find the car, don't we?
Chalky and Lewis search for the man's motor...
...which is soon spotted a few miles away by dog handler Duffy.
É
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A fresh lead.
Their suspect's been spotted at a different address,
but it seems he's one step ahead of them again.
2-2. We're just literally around the corner.
Looks like he is at large in fields behind the house.
A job for the dog unit.
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But after a good nose around...
...there's not a sniff of this slippery customer.
The interceptors are desperate to get him in cuffs
before he offends again.
Ancl help arrives from the mobile drone unit.
There is a lot of fields over there.
If he does have a fly-over...
With the eye in the sky searching from above...
...and officers continuing the hunt on the ground...
See any sheds? Just gonna have a look.
...they receive some intel.
The suspect's hiding in a house further down the street.
Lewis approaches a couple outside the property.
F
Lewis is going in and calls for backup.
F
The wanted man successfully dodged the cops all day,
but there's one thing he couldn't avoid...
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...the call of nature.
And to make matters worse...
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Lewis's immediate concern is the man's personal hygiene.
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INDISTINCT
Despite being caught in a compromising position,
he's still potentially violent, and Tasers are drawn.
F
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Finally, his hands are going where they can't cause any more damage.
He might have come quietly
but this lad's wanted for serious offences.
É
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And it's not just domestic assault on his rap sheet.
F
With the locals irate at the eye in the sky...
F
Dickhead. LAUGHTER
What are you laughing at? ..It's time to take off.
Let's go.
F
A quick debrief...
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Where was he?
...and it's a good job - in every sense.
Do you understand what you've been arrested for and why you're here?
Yeah, domestic.. Yeah. OK. There's an allegation of a ABH.
It's taken up a significant amount of police resource
but this bloke is now where he belongs.
When you find out that there's an individual who is wanted
for high-risk domestic assault on their pregnant partner...
...that's what our job is about They're the sort of individuals
that I personally would like to go after. And it's...
It's satisfying, isn't it,
when you do put the work in, and you get the result?
So from a personal point of view, yeah, it's a good day at the office.
He was found guilty of assault by battery, theft from a shop
and being in breach of his court bail.
He received three months at Her Majesty's pleasure.
We are going to head towards this camera activation
at Woodthorpe on the A60.
It's the wee small hours in Nottingham.
Interceptors Rob Eley and Spencer Pugh
are responding to an ANPR hit nearby.
So, we just had a camera activation in the north of the city
with information that suggests there's a wanted male
on board, classed as a high-risk perpetrator.
There's intel that he has previously
spat in offices' faces on arrest
and alleges that he's swallowed razor blades.
They suspect this nasty piece of work
is in a brand-new 30-grand black Mercedes A180.
1.40 about, so... Probably nippy knocking around...
The speedy Merc's pinged in on the camera and the boys are closing in.
That's it.
Game on.
We are behind it now. Radford Road
towards Gregory Boulevard.
Signs are the suspect behind the wheel's clocked them.
He's going.
Vehicle is failing to stop. Radford Road.
Towards the police station.
Through a red ATS.
Spence takes over comms,
so Rob can concentrate on the driving.
It's just passed Radford Road Police Station to the nearside.
Still failing to stop.
Road conditions are damp.
No other traffic on the road.
This bloke's obviously read the bad boys' handbook
and takes the pursuit onto the side streets.
It's a right, right, right onto... Eland Street. Eland Street.
Stand by. Left, left, left onto Liddington Street.
He seems to have a good knowledge of these roads.
But after flying through a give-way...
...has he made a schoolboy error?
It's a dead end. Taking us to a dead end.
But there's life in the chase yet. Deep breath, guys.
He's going to get stuck, surely.
We're not going to get through there.
No. We've lost him.
He's gone onto Zulu Road.
Gone down a footpath.
The chunky X5 might be the cream of the police crop,
but it's not designed for six-foot-wide footpaths.
And there's only one way out.
Oh, bugger. Back the way they came in.
Towards the Zulu Road.
We've lost sight of him.
We're stuck on the footpath.
Other units will have to take over,
as Rob tries to reverse out.
RADIO:
Negative. He's still in the car.
He's managed to squeeze his car through.
He's going to have significant damage.
Our car is too big to get down the path.
And it might be too big to get out of the path.
CLUNK Oh, shit.
The wing mirror's a goner.
Push it back, mate.
But they're finally out.
HE SIGHS
A quick look at the damage...
That's not going to fix, is it?
...and it's back to the task at hand.
He would have come back out onto Nottingham Road.
It was his only way through.
But Slim Shady has done one in the night.
Frustrating.
So, so frustrating.
He's got away, purely because his car is smaller than ours.
You never like to lose a pursuit, do you?
You always want to catch them, particularly when they drive
so dangerously.
Just surprising as well
that he was prepared to put his brand-new Mercedes
down a really tight footpath.
Another unit finds the car dumped nearby.
I wonder why he's ditched it so soon.
Probably expecting more cars to be in the area, in't he?
He's done a rear tyre.
It's completely flat as a pancake.
Rob and Spence may have lost a mirror,
but, on reflection, the Merc's come off much worse.
And though the wanted man's slipped the net for now,
Rob concentrates on the positive.
He's wanted for some serious offences.
Obviously the reason why he's failed to stop for us tonight.
And, yeah, he's frustrated us cos he's got away, but
we've got his car and that's going
to cause him a great deal of annoyance.
You know, look at the state of it being dragged off.
He's damaged his tyres, scratched the side of it.
It's a nice, brand-new car.
So, yeah, hopefully we've frustrated him as much as he has us.
The interceptors eventually got their man.
While they couldn't prove he was driving the Merc,
he was pinched for other offences and went down for over two years.
Still to come...
Mate, don't tell me what to do. Come back here.
...a stabbed suspect doesn't know what's good for him...
When I put the tourniquet on, it's going to hurt, mate.
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Oscar foxtrot.
...and Rob's no sympathy for a driver with over 41 points to his name.
Please, sir, you're taking my car, you take me to the court,
you give me penalty...
Mate, don't plead with me.
If there's one thing that I really can't stomach,
it's people pleading with me.
DOG BARKS
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Police work can sometimes be a brutal and bloody business.
This lad's got a bite to his right arm.
Luckily for the wounded,
most interceptors are advanced first aiders...
HE GROANS
All right, mate, stay still for me.
...and they always come prepared.
I'm just going to bandage that up.
Just going to put a bit of pressure on it.
RADIO:
It's mid-afternoon and interceptors Jim Campin
and Dan Machin are on their way to a man who's been struck by a weapon.
There's a male who's been attacked in the street.
The male who's been hit is in the middle of the road, unconscious.
SIREN WAILS
It is unusual for this time of the day,
but, then again, it's an area that's often plagued with gang problems...
...who often squabble with each other involving weapons, knives.
Dan, like all firearms officers, is a qualified medic, trained to
tackle critical trauma injuries like stab wounds and catastrophic bleeds.
Fourth left.
They arrive on scene to find fellow officers already
attending to the injured bloke.
Cool. He's down there for first aid. All right.
Lock and load.
With the unconscious man in safe hands,
Jim and Dan's attention switches to a car
that's been pulled over nearby.
The occupants have injuries consistent with fighting.
A rear passenger with knife wounds
is being dealt with by a local officer...
...so Jim makes for the driver.
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Listen, geez. Don't tell me what to do.
I'm going to check your injuries out.
So appreciate that, OK? I'll check your injuries out, mate.
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He needs to assess the injuries, but the lad's not too happy about it.
What have I just told you? I'm going to check your injuries out.
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Mate, don't tell me what to do. Come back here.
Jim's also a first aid-trained medic.
His proudest moment was receiving a bravery award
and getting to meet the Prime Minister.
But the injured bloke isn't such a fan.
F
That's fine, mate. I've got everything on camera as well. You don't need it.
You don't need it.
Cos I'm trying to help you.
F
The gobby lad's been slashed by some kind of blade.
Luckily for him, the firearms team's first-aid kit includes
haemostatic clotting agents, combat dressings and tourniquets.
Geez, I'm going to squeeze your arm.
I'm squeezing your arm cos I don't know
what the injury is underneath it.
Jim needs to stop the bleeding before examining the wound.
When I put the tourniquet on, it's going to hurt, mate.
F
So it's going to do what I'm doing,
because I don't know what your injury is under there, I don't want
to remove any pressure and then have a massive bleed on my hands.
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Dan lends a hand and tries to get to the bottom of what's gone on.
How big was the knife?
É
He denies being involved in the earlier fight,
but, however he got his injury,
Jim's stopped the blood enough to assess the damage.
Take that off, then.
Don't move your elbow.
É
With a gash deep enough to see the elbow bone poking through,
the bloke decides it's a good time to get a snap for his socials.
F
Mate, mate. We're trying to help you here,
and you're pissing around with your phone.
You are. We're trying to sort your wounds out
and you're on about getting it on your Facebook. Relax.
HE GROANS
There'll be no likes for the lads today,
and it's curtains for his coat of many colours.
Yeah, mate.
No.
It's started, mate.
F
It might be all over for his jacket, but at least his arm can be mended.
F
Yeah, that will need stitches, mate, yeah.
They'll patch him up before a trip to the hospital.
Right, Dan's going to put this on tight.
So it's going to hurt you, but it's going to help it, OK?
É
Finally, the boys get some appreciation.
Yeah.
And when we got here, you were
giving us a load of grief, weren't you?
And here we are, patching you up.
Bandaged up, it's time to swap his snazzy top...
Mate, we've cut this jacket now, right, mate? It's going in the bin.
...for a set of bracelets.
So put your hands behind your back now as well,
cos I'm going to put some handcuffs on you. Yeah.
É
Because you've been involved in a fight on a street, mate!
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I have never lied to you.
F
He protests his innocence, but both lads are being arrested
until the cops can work out what's gone on.
At 3:45, I'm arresting you on suspicion of affray.
I'll caution you, tell you you do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence if you do not mention,
when questioned, something which you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand that?
The reason we're arresting you, mate, is so we can gather all
the evidence, see any CCTV, sort the statements out and then you'll be
questioned at the police station, OK?
Both lads are bound for the nick by way of a hospital.
It's fair to say that the interceptors' medical skills have
saved them from a far worse fate.
It's a nasty wound. You could still see the bone.
Bandage on it and I don't think he was too happy about it,
but it stopped him bleeding out.
The driver and passenger were charged with violent disorder
and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
The passenger was also charged with Section 18 GBH.
They await their day in court.
Interceptors are used to people
trying to pull the wool over their eyes...
You're lying, aren't you? It's not Guess Who?, you know.
It's not Guess Who?, it's dead simple. You're lying. What?
...but yarns usually unravel when they tug a few threads.
You are under arrest on suspicion of burglary.
People will always lie,
as long as they think they can get away with it.
It's very, very rare that we're going to take someone's word for it
and go, "Yeah, fair enough, thanks for that,"
and leave 'em to it.
We're investigators and we're going to get to the
bottom of whatever reason we've come into contact with someone.
You've just got to bring your A game when you're at work.
Double-crewed cars carry twice the experience, and dynamic duo
Rob Eley and Dan Machin have almost two decades between them.
They're bringing it to bear on a rogue VW spotted nearby.
There's just been a sighting in Radford, a grey Volkswagen Passat.
Been passed a bit of information from the day shift to suggest that
it's got insurance on it, which potentially could be fraudulent,
coming back to an address that doesn't necessarily make sense
or exist, so could be something, could be nothing,
but we're just going to make us way to the area
and find out what it is, see if we can catch up with it.
So it's a grey Passat? Yeah.
Old one? 52, yeah.
A bit like the one over there.
Oh, what's that? On the right, coming past you now.
Oh, that's it.
An agonising three-point turn later,
and it's catch-up time.
It's Gregory Boulevard towards Alfreton Road.
In fact it's just done a left, left, left onto Birkin.
They suspect the driver has seen them and ducked into a side street.
Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way!
And despite interference, they're on him.
It's just filling in on the offside.
The suspect has parked up and dashed into a house.
White T-shirt.
But they've got his number.
Knock knock.
Hello. Police.
Hello. Not you. Where's the other lad that's just come in?
Who do you want? Someone's just come in here.
Hi, mate.
Need to talk to you about your car.
Yeah, that you've just got out of.
Is it your car?
Just come and have a chat with us, then, mate.
First item on the agenda is insurance.
Have you got your insurance documents with you?
OK. Where's your insurance document?
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I'll take that, mate. Let's have a look. Let me have a look.
Rob checks through his documents...
So where are you from?
Romania? Have you a Romanian ID card with you?
...and gets some more details on the motor.
When did you buy the car?
But when?
When today?
Yes, when today?
30 minutes ago?
The boys aren't buying it
and it looks like the suspect has forgotten to buy something else.
So when did you make the insurance out?
É
So you haven't made insurance yet?
OK, then, mate,
it'll be coming with us, then, if you've not made insurance.
We'll be seizing it.
The car's going and cue the sob story.
F
Right, so what does that matter?
Rob hasn't done 12 years on the force without
hearing every excuse in the book.
He loves being a copper but hates one thing with a passion...
...liars.
You are, you've got no insurance.
Let's go and have a sit in our car
and we'll go through some details with you.
Looks like all those crocodile tears have left him thirsty.
Say again?
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I haven't got any water for you. No.
Why'd I give you my water?
F
We'll only be five minutes and you're going.
You're not going anywhere.
Watergate over, it's down to business.
Do you have a licence?
So do you have a UK licence?
Learner?
He claims to be a learner.
If you're driving and you're only a learner,
you need to have somebody with you.
You had nobody with you.
No.
But he's about to get properly schooled by Rob.
Right, he's got an expired provisional, is what he's got.
Oh. There you go, then.
It says here, "record type - expired provisional."
Yes.
The real story begins to emerge.
That's because you've got a load of points on your licence, haven't you?
I think what you've done, you've had too many offences, so it's expired.
Because you've totted up so they've taken your licence off you.
You keep driving without insurance, you keep speeding.
You've got 15 points.
The whiff of porkies is picking up.
I think you've had that car longer than you're saying.
Yes.
F
I think you're lying. Hmm.
Exactly what a liar would say.
The car's going, mate.
Cue sob story part two.
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Yeah.
You're damn right.
No. Mate, don't plead with me.
If there's one thing that I really can't stomach,
it's people pleading with me. I've looked at your history.
You've been prosecuted for driving without insurance before.
I'm not stupid. Don't sit and plead with me
and try and give it the whole "I've got kids and I work hard"
because it doesn't wash with me.
You need to take responsibility for your own actions
when you go out and do this. End of discussion.
You'd think so, wouldn't you?
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In Romania you've got 26 points?
You've got 15 points here.
That's 41 points.
And in this case, points don't mean prizes.
So because you've been disqualified in the UK...
...you can't drive on a Romanian licence.
You know you need a licence and insurance.
If you keep doing it, you'll get arrested. You'll go to prison.
So just stop driving until you're legit, yeah?
We can help with that...
Bye- bye.
...by removing temptation.
# They see me rollin', they hatin'... #
Sad man was found guilty of driving without a valid licence
and no insurance.
He was fined a total of £260,
given eight more points
and was banned for 12 months.
From a driver with 41 points over two countries.
He knows he hasn't got a licence. He's done this before.
He knows the consequences and he's just trying to try his luck,
you know, trying to maybe pull at our heartstrings a little bit,
the kids are out there, and try and make us think otherwise,
but you know, it doesn't wash with me.
If he makes that choice to go out and drive without a licence
and insurance, he faces the consequences,
it's as simple as that, you know?
Still to come...
...a bloke's lost for words over the fake plates in his boot.
Have you got some plates in the back of it?
I don't know.
It's late evening in central Nottingham.
An Audi has just booted past interceptor Jen Ellse
in the unmarked Skoda.
Bad move.
MH Delta 2-2.
RADIO BEEPS
Can I have a Code 2, please, on Queens Road?
Work's all about those little moments of joy.
RADIO: Yeah, 54 registered to... No insurance to view.
Oh, yes!
And this is one of them.
The moral of this moment...
If you boot past a cop, make sure you're insured.
Stay there, mate.
He's just come to a natural stop. I'm just speaking to him now.
You all right?
What are you up to?
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Are you? What are you stopping here for?
RADIO: Looks to be outstanding.
This has got no insurance, this car.
Unless you've got a trade policy...
Right, so would you mind taking your keys out
and coming to speak to me on the side of the road, is that OK?
The bloke claims to have trade insurance
but no paperwork to prove it.
He's definitely showing no insurance?
RADIO:
There you go, it's notified off road as well.
G
Whatever the insurance situation,
the car's registered as being off road
and that's exactly where it's going.
É
I'm going to have to, aren't I?
District deal with his passengers while Jen tackles the driver,
who, it turns out, is known to police.
What you been in trouble before with us, then, for?
É
Like what?
É
Have you been staying out of trouble?
F
Well, you're not trying hard enough,
because Danielle and her colleague have arrived
to spot something amiss with your iffy Audi.
The number plate has a strip
commonly used to attach false plates.
F
Oh, come on, play the game!
You know what they do. Don't you?
It's a technique used to disguise the real identity of a vehicle.
No.
They give the car the once over.
You all right? You look a bit nervous. Why are you nervous?
You're coming across as a little bit nervous.
£
His attack of nerves may have something to do
with the contents of his boot.
Have you got some plates in the back?
Have you got some plates in the back of it?
É
He denies all knowledge of the plates.
F
Huh?
What do you think?
It turns out the number plates have been used in crime.
What have we got?
A bilking is when a car makes off from a petrol station without payment,
but they'll need more than just plates in a boot to press charges.
There is no evidence at the moment,
so James is just looking to see if we've got any CCTV pictures
of the offenders, basically, to see if we can arrest him.
There are strips on the front of that plate which indicate
that other registration plates have been stuck to the front of it,
which is a bit of a giveaway.
They'll need to further investigate the petrol thefts,
so for now it's a case of seizing the car.
You're free to go.
Do you want to get what you need out of your car?
It's your lucky day, I think. Yes.
One last simple task for Jen...
I need the keys.
Because I need to take it!
Come on. Or maybe not.
£
Because we need to take the car, don't we?
Unleash the power of persuasion.
If you don't hand them over, I'm going to lock you up.
Right, go on, then. Sorted.
F
All right, see you later. Ta.
The car is seized
and it's been a good night's work for Jen and the team.
We've got a lot out of it and we will go and see him at a later date
to see potentially what he's got to say about the plates
that were in the back of that car
that had been involved in theft of petrol from petrol stations
so yeah, we'll let the officers that are investigating it look at it
and hopefully they'll get some result from it.
The suspect was issued with a summons
for driving with no insurance.
He awaits his day in court.
No further action was taken in regards to the bilking.
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