12 Apr 2024
This vehicle was reported stolen overnight in Blackpool.
#Team4RPU with Road Crime Team quickly sighted it resulting in a safe stop.
After a decamp @LancsPolDogUnit deployed PD Blitz 🐕🐾 both occupants arrested without incident. Car returned to owner #Teamwork #ForceOps
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23 Mar 2024
This car was seen on A59 near to Clitheroe having been identified as a potential cloned vehicle.
Pursuit mitigation tactics implemented to prevent driver making off.
Vehicle confirmed as a clone. No MOT, insurance or tax. Driver reported and car seized #Team4RPU #ForceOps
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18 Mar 2024
This car stolen an hour earlier from Poulton seen by #Team4RPU in Blackpool
Pursued to Cleveleys where @NPASNorthWest took over.
Whilst leaving a cul de sac the driver tried to force their way past @LancsPolDogUnit deployed PD Blitz 🐕 resulting in 4 being arrested #ForceOps
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5 Jan 2024
Stolen vehicle recovered in @Policingstoke by #StaffsARV and #StaffsDogs within half an hour of being reported stolen. 3 arrested and another offending vehicle also recovered which was used to facilitate the theft. #ForceOps working hard with @staffsresponse #OpLightning…VDU 63
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15 Dec 2023
A trip to the illuminations didn’t go as planned for the driver of this car #Team4RPU intercepted it en route and arrested the driver who was wanted by Merseyside. No licence insurance so car seized. The bright lights of the custody office will have to do instead 🚓🚔 #ForceOps
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13 Dec 2023
Whilst on a separate stop, this vehicle in Blackpool caught our eye due to no front number plate. Contrary to popular opinion, the window is not suitable. Driver had no licence or insurance 🤦♂️ Vehicle was seized & driver reported for relevant offences #Team4RPU #ForceOps
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17 Sep 2023
Cloned vehicle identified travelling out of Blackpool with TPAC tactics implemented by #Team4RPU and @LancsARV to close any escape route. Vehicle stopped without incident on M61. Both occupants arrested after vehicle identified as being stolen from a burglary #ForceOps #Teamwork
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16 Jun 2023
This van used in attempted theft in @BlackpoolPolice area was stopped on M61. To prevent a pursuit TPAC tactics were implemented with support from @NPASNorthWest The van identified as being on cloned plates with driver unlicensed & uninsured who was arrested #Team4RPU #ForceOps
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27 May 2023
This car was picked up travelling into Blackpool on M55 and identified as a clone. TPAC trained officers implemented pursuit mitigation tactics to safely stop the vehicle. It wa a found to be on false plates to hide the driver had no licence or insurance #Team4RPU #ForceOps
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10 Aug 2022
This van was stopped in Blackpool. The driver was in the area working from elsewhere. Unfortunately not only were they disqualified they hadn’t told their boss that fact. Van seized and driver reported to the courts #Team4TacOps #ForceOps
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10 Aug 2022
Another car on the Fylde Coast Riviera. The driver of this vehicle was found to have an expired driving licence. They also had a number of points which they had not declared to the Motability scheme. Driver reported & car seized to be returned to Motability #Team4TacOps #ForceOps
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3 Aug 2022
In Blackpool this car was stop checked. Front tyres below legal tread depth. The driver’s response “It’s just been MOT’d and the tyres were ‘only’ an advisory” They were an advisory … when it was tested 4,000 miles ago in April. Driver reported #Team4TacOps #ForceOps #TyreSafe
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11 Jun 2022
This van was seen in Blackpool and despite the accreditation stickers the van was linked to ‘rogue trading’. Driver found to be uninsured & disqualified from driving. Driver reported for relevant offences #Team4TacOps #ForceOps #CheckADriver
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5 May 2022
Textbook pursuit management tactics by #Team4TacOps to prevent this vehicle from making off junction 3 of M55. The occupants are all suspected of involvement in cross border criminality and arrested. High value items have been seized under proceeds of crime legislation #ForceOps
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26 Dec 2021
The driver of this car stopped near to Poulton-le-Fylde tried to give false details of someone 25 years their senior. The reason for this is because the driver is actually serving a three year driving disqualification. Vehicle seized and driver reported #Team4TacOps #ForceOps
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5 Oct 2021
The driver of this vehicle was circulated as wanted by a neighbouring force. TPAC tactics were put in place on M61 to prevent a pursuit and the vehicle successfully boxed. Driver arrested and taken to cells awaiting processing. Teamwork between #Team4TacOps @LancsARV #ForceOps
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19 Jul 2021
This heatwave ☀️ is perfect for top down motoring in a roadster like this Porsche. Unfortunately this one was on false plates to hide a multitude of sins. No insurance, no MOT, no tax and the driver disqualified. Driver can now add no car to that list #Team4TacOps #ForceOps
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19 Jun 2021
Outstanding stolen vehicle from Scotland sighted by our tasking cars on M6. Pre emptive TPAC tactics utilised to stop the vehicle and prevent a pursuit with four tyres deflated with a Stinger. Police Scotland continuing the enquiries #Team4TacOps #Team2TacOps #ForceOps
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