Greater Manchester Police seize 5 supercars on M66 after being caught speeding, weaving and wheel-spinning
Greater Manchester Police seized five Lamborghinis and a Mercedes G-Wagon after a group of individuals used the M66 motorway as a racetrack, weaving across lanes and slowing down to 17mph.
Police seized five Lamborghinis and a Mercedes G-Wagon on Wednesday (2/9) night as they stopped a fleet of supercars using a motorway as a racetrack.
Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were alerted to reports of dangerous driving on the M66.
The force's Roads Policing Unit (RPU) was made aware that a group of individuals were driving dangerously at speed, weaving across lanes, wheel-spinning and slowing down to speeds of around 17mph on the motorway.
Officers from the newly formed Transport Policing and Crime Command (TPACC) team located the convoy of vehicles on the M62, and were able to stop two of the Lamborghinis as they were coming off the motorway.
RPU officers then used specialist tactics to bring the remaining vehicles to a stop in Rochdale.
GMP said: "As a result of our intervention, we seized five Lamborghinis and a Mercedes G-Wagon under Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002. In addition to this, the drivers of the offending vehicles were prosecuted for a number of driving offences."
Chief Inspector Danny Kabal from GMP's Transport Policing and Crime Command said, "We take road safety very seriously in GMP, and we will not tolerate careless, inconsiderate, anti-social or dangerous driving on our roads.
"Recent changes to Section 59 of the Police Reform Act now enable us to seize vehicles without having to issue a warning first. As we intensify our road safety operations and enforcement campaigns, we will use this legislative change as part of our daily business.
"People who think it is acceptable to use our roads as a racetrack need to pay attention to this result and take it as a warning – they will have their vehicles seized and they will be prosecuted. Where proportionate to do so, they will also be arrested.
"I would like to thank the members of the public who reported this matter to us and apologise to them for any inconvenience caused when we temporarily shut the road to deal with the offenders.
"If anyone has any footage of this incident, including dashcam or CCTV, please get in touch with us via 101 or our website: gmp.police.uk. I would also urge anyone who witnesses such poor driving or riding on our roads to report it to us."