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Man arrested on suspicion of drug driving after police follow car with cloned plates to Sheppey holiday village

15:12, 05 March 2022

updated: 15:41, 05 March 2022

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after police trailed a car with false number plates.

At around 11am today officers were informed the vehicle with cloned plates was travelling on the A2 at Greenhithe.

A vehicle with cloned number plates was stopped at a holiday park in Leysdown. Picture: Kent Police
A vehicle with cloned number plates was stopped at a holiday park in Leysdown. Picture: Kent Police

A pursuit was authorised and police trailed the vehicle for almost 40 miles all the way to a holiday village on Leysdown Road in Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey.

Once the vehicle was safely stopped officers then arrested a 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug driving.

He has since been released from custody pending further enquiries.

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