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Police Interceptors S24E01 (29th September 2025)
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00:00This is Police Interceptors.
00:04Police Interceptors are all I for.
00:06I'm going to tell my kids about this.
00:08And you're riding with the pride of Northamptonshire.
00:11Speed one, two, zero.
00:14Ace Pursuit drivers.
00:16Contact, contact, contact.
00:18With air support.
00:19Got two out, stand by.
00:21I'm out.
00:22And a crack dog unit.
00:24If you leave, you will get hit.
00:26They bring down the bad guys.
00:30I believe you're one in the moment.
00:32Keep the streets safe.
00:35He won't put your arms behind him.
00:37Get on the floor.
00:39And battle 24-7.
00:41Get down on the floor.
00:43In the war on crime.
00:45Crash, crash.
00:47On the floor now.
00:48This is what it is, isn't it?
00:49We find them, we lock them up.
00:53Coming up.
00:54The interceptors battle road tax rage.
00:57Get on the floor.
01:00Get back!
01:01Get back!
01:02Get back!
01:03This is going to fail to stop.
01:05Service station thieves are caught in the act.
01:08There's parcels falling out of the back of the vehicle.
01:11And...
01:12There it is.
01:13The mystery of the vanishing van driver.
01:16He's parked it very interestingly.
01:19There were over 40,000 assaults on police officers in England and Wales last year.
01:40Situations the interceptors face can change in a heartbeat.
01:47Dan and co-pilot Catalin from the neighbourhood policing team are on their way to a routine check on a motor.
01:53I received a call a few days ago that there's an untaxed vehicle parked on the road.
02:00If the vehicle's here that's untaxed, that'll be seized.
02:04Because I believe the tax hasn't been paid on it for over a year now.
02:10That's the vehicle there.
02:12One untaxed Nissan Navara exactly where they expect it to be.
02:22To try to find the owner, Catalin does some digging on the number plate.
02:27There's no insurance on it.
02:29MOT will aspire in 2024.
02:33And it has no tax since 2022.
02:35There's no insurance on it either?
02:36No.
02:39I mean, to be fair mate, it might have just been dumped here or something.
02:41Yeah.
02:42A solid theory.
02:44Until a woman says she's spoken to the owner of the pickup truck.
02:48Can he come here without, because I don't want to take his car away.
02:51Because he has no, no, no tax on it.
02:54He has traders.
02:56Yeah, you can't have traders mate on, on, you need to have a number on it
03:00for me to check that he's paying tax.
03:03Which I don't, I can't verify, he's paying tax.
03:06Yeah.
03:07Yeah.
03:08It's a clear cut job.
03:09Without any proof of tax or traders insurance, the pickup truck can be seized.
03:15Hello, can I arrange, please, a vehicle recovery, no tax.
03:20However, the news isn't going down well with the residents.
03:25Standing in here like you're the man.
03:26No.
03:27You're a stick mate.
03:28Absolutely smoky with your uniform, I promise you I would.
03:32Or the untaxed motor's owner, who's just rolling up.
03:35Okay.
03:37You're taking what?
03:38You're taking what?
03:39You won't take nothing mate.
03:40Okay.
03:41You won't take nothing mate, I'm a trader.
03:42Okay.
03:43I promise you you won't take nothing mate.
03:45Is that your car, is it?
03:46There's nothing you can do mate.
03:47It doesn't look like a calm chat is on the cards.
03:49And the interceptors are outnumbered.
03:50Can we have another wind unit here, please?
03:52What do you mean can you have another unit?
03:53Get away from my vehicles mate.
03:55I am a trader.
03:56There's nothing you can do.
03:57Yeah.
03:58Show me that.
03:59Mate, stay back.
04:00Stay back.
04:01Don't touch me brother mate.
04:02Yeah.
04:03I promise you.
04:04Is this your vehicle?
04:05Listen, don't think you're a hero because you're not.
04:06Listen to me, is this your vehicle?
04:07I am sick of you because you're tramps mate.
04:09That's all you are.
04:10Okay.
04:11Want to come around and just try to think you can just take anything you want.
04:12Okay.
04:13You won't mate.
04:14It's been untaxed.
04:15It's been untaxed over a year.
04:16I've just bought it.
04:17I'm a trader.
04:18I get to drive with no tax for two weeks if I really want to.
04:20No.
04:21There you go.
04:22Mate, you don't know.
04:23I'm a trader.
04:24Okay.
04:25Show me that trader.
04:26Yes.
04:27I'll show you my trader's policy now.
04:28Get me this key for this thing now.
04:30Just calm down, buddy.
04:31Calm down.
04:32Move.
04:33Get out of my way.
04:34No.
04:35I'm not going to move.
04:36There's nothing you can do.
04:37There's nothing you can do.
04:38I can do.
04:39You're not getting in there.
04:40Take this stupid thing off mate and I guarantee you couldn't do one thing.
04:41Okay.
04:42I promise you you couldn't.
04:44Before long, the irate owner's name calling.
04:47Yeah, sure.
04:48I'm going to show you my policy.
04:49Don't you think you moron.
04:51Escalates.
04:52You think you're a hero because you've got this stupid thing on, brother.
04:55Take this off.
04:56I'll break your head.
04:57That's about that.
04:58We don't think we're heroes.
04:59You couldn't, mate.
05:00I promise you.
05:01We're just doing our job.
05:02Mine.
05:03Mine.
05:04See?
05:05Mine.
05:06Now move.
05:07It's a standoff.
05:08Mate, I'm telling you, you're not getting into that.
05:09I'm telling you.
05:10Catalin tries again to reason with the owner.
05:11Show me that you're a trader.
05:13Okay.
05:14And you can prove to me that you can drive this without a tax.
05:17Yeah, okay.
05:18And I'm not taking it.
05:19I'll show you what.
05:20Yeah.
05:21There you go.
05:22That's all we want to see.
05:23Yeah.
05:24Pass your phone.
05:25The owner phones his dad and asks him to bring proof of a trader's policy.
05:29Is he, can he get the policy?
05:31Yeah.
05:32Okay.
05:33Well, if he can get the policy, we'll just wait.
05:35But the pause in hostility doesn't last long.
05:38Where are you from?
05:39My detail is this.
05:40This.
05:41Do not like brassism.
05:42I guarantee if you turn back into your own country in that uniform, they'd probably be
05:45edger.
05:46Okay.
05:47That's probably what they would do to you.
05:48A simple seizure of an untaxed motor is taking a sinister turn.
05:51If you want to.
05:52Dad, please, can you just get this paperwork?
05:54This fat knob's pissing me off.
05:56Fortunately, the cavalry are arriving.
05:59Yeah?
06:00Let me find out what's going on.
06:01You're saying chill, but it's, don't do that.
06:04Come on, don't do that.
06:05Along with a recovery truck ready to lift the untaxed Navara.
06:09Literally two minutes and then I'll let you know.
06:12However, they are closely followed by another truck driver.
06:17Who's seen red?
06:22What do you want?
06:27What's the need for that?
06:28What?
06:29What's the need for that?
06:30Blocking the road.
06:31I know, because we're dealing with an incident here.
06:33So am I.
06:35Idiot.
06:40The raging driver is pushing ahead.
06:45Forcing recovery further down the road.
06:48What are you looking at?
06:51Right, you chill out.
06:52Because otherwise you'll get yourself locked up for public order.
06:54Move.
06:55You move.
06:56And stop swearing.
06:57Go on, go.
07:00Oh my days.
07:03You're lucky.
07:04You need to go somewhere.
07:05Go.
07:06I can't go before I did anything.
07:07Sounds familiar, because he's the untaxed motor owner's father.
07:12Steve.
07:13And he's about to kick off.
07:17Stop!
07:18Stop!
07:19Stop!
07:20Stop!
07:21Stop!
07:23You're taking what?
07:24In Northampton, Dan and Catalin's simple inquiry into an untaxed Nissan Navara is going from nought to a hundred.
07:39I'm going to show you my policy. Don't you think you moron?
07:43First, the owner turned up making threats.
07:45Take this off, I'll break your head.
07:50And now his dad has arrived.
07:54And he is even more volatile.
07:58Can you leave the car? Can you get out of the way, please?
08:00Yeah, no, don't even get my car.
08:03Let's get out of the way.
08:04Let's move out of the way.
08:05Get out of the way.
08:06Get out of the way.
08:08Get a picture of me.
08:10Buddy, can you get out of the way for us, please?
08:12Get out of the way. You don't want to get yourself hurt.
08:15An officer tries to defuse the situation.
08:17Get up!
08:18But the families hit boiling point.
08:21Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
08:23Dad, leave it!
08:24Dad, leave it!
08:25Dad, leave it!
08:26The whole team rush to assist and Katalin is forced to pull the Parva spray.
08:34Get on the floor.
08:35Even with a full face of Parva, Dad is still resisting.
08:42Let me swallow it out.
08:44Let me swallow it out.
08:46Stay away.
08:47Let me swallow it out, man.
08:48It's my dad.
08:49It's my dad.
08:50Stop! Stop!
08:51More people are gathering.
08:53Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
08:54Stop on the hands of me now.
08:55Hey, sorry. Don't.
08:56I was scraping away. It didn't do nothing.
08:58And the aggressive son isn't backing down.
09:01Move away.
09:02Get back! Stay back! Stay back!
09:14The prospect of 50,000 volts does the job.
09:17Whilst getting the dad in cuffs, the son flees in his golf.
09:25Yeah, you made off. You made off.
09:31Driven off. Driven off.
09:33You took yourself out and fixed my shirt.
09:35No, no, no, no.
09:36No, no. No, no. No, no.
09:37No, no, no. No, no. No, no, no.
09:39We're gonna lift.
09:40Truck's gone. No, truck's gone.
09:41During the altercation, someone's also driven off in the untaxed Navara.
09:44You good?
09:45Yeah. I think I got a parved a little bit, but.
09:47That's all right, mate.
09:48That's all right.
09:49That's all right.
09:50Got to calm him down.
09:51He was holding his... His dad was going for me.
09:53Yeah.
09:54He was holding his dad back, and then he just went,
09:55So, his dad, okay.
09:57So, he hasn't actually, like, touched me.
09:59The simple seizure of an untaxed motor has escalated to cops on the lookout for one man,
10:06as well as both of his cars.
10:10And his parved father being nicked for public order.
10:13Yeah.
10:14There's times like this that you realise how much you can rely on your colleagues to come
10:22and assist.
10:25The team wastes no time in getting back on the road to find the sun on the run.
10:29Sometimes, you know, you can meet someone who's really angry, but if you talk to them in
10:33the right way, some people respond better to that.
10:35You know, that works most of the time, luckily.
10:38But it's the people who can't de-escalate, and we may need to resort to using PPE, like
10:44Catelyn did today with the powder spray.
10:47Sometimes we have to, you know, use force, which is portion to be able to get a situation
10:51under control, to make sure that we don't get injured, and members of the public don't
10:55get injured either.
10:57Within the hour, there's some search success.
11:01They found the golf.
11:06Another unit finds the sun's white golf unattended, and they seize it.
11:10If he wants to get his car back, he's going to need to present himself to get that.
11:14So, at some point, his luck's going to run out, unfortunately.
11:19He'll have to answer what he thought he's done.
11:24Interceptors also picked up the untaxed Navarra that afternoon.
11:33The owner's look ran out when he was arrested the following day.
11:36He pleaded not guilty to assaulting and obstructing the police, but guilty to using threatening
11:41words and behaviour.
11:43He was ordered to pay £141 in fines.
11:46After some time in the cells, no further action was taken against the father for public order.
12:04Some of the country's main arterial routes, such as the M1 and the A14, run through Northamptonshire.
12:11And these roads are often hit hard by travelling crime gangs committing curtain-side thefts from lorries.
12:19What you'll tend to get is a spotter vehicle, which will go into the service areas, cut the
12:25curtain fabric of the lorries, and then if it's worth taking, they will normally call forward
12:30a carrier vehicle, and the team will then go about emptying the contacts in the back of
12:37the curtain side into their vehicle.
12:40It can be quite a difficult crime to detect, because a lot of the time the lorry drivers
12:46are asleep, so don't hear it.
12:48It's a big problem, but I think we do quite a good job at trying to prevent it and also
12:56pursue it as well.
13:02To crack down on the country's £66 million cargo crime problem, there's a national police
13:07operation up barrack.
13:13Tonight, dog handler Lucy and canine crime fighter Bryn are on barrack duty, looking to
13:18catch the thieves red-handed.
13:20We'll just be checking service stations, lorry lay-bys, lorry parks, anywhere really where suspects
13:33could park up and try and steal loads from the back of HGVs. It's just a little bit of luck,
13:41and a little bit of looking in the right place.
13:44The right place tonight is a service station off the A14.
13:49Lucy spots a van parked up next to a lorry.
13:56And the driver isn't sticking around.
14:03A vehicle check, please.
14:07Loaded with loot, tail lift still down.
14:10I think we've just come across a barrack in progress. This is going to fail to stop.
14:17Lucy has caught Curtainside thieves in the act.
14:20Er, we're now A605 North. It is failing to stop.
14:25It's a hasty getaway with a van load of stolen goods.
14:29If the driver can keep hold of them.
14:33There's parcels falling out of the back of the vehicle.
14:41We're now into Thrapston. I think there were some other people in the hedge line. There
14:47was torches flashing in the hedge line.
14:50It's likely the crime gang had to spot a car as well as this van.
14:55Unluckily for the van driver, it's him Lucy got a glimpse of.
14:59From what I could see of the driver, it was a fairly well-built male wearing a light-coloured
15:06grey jumper. Still into Thrapston Village, speed 27, low risk.
15:11As pursuits go, it's strangely slow and steady.
15:16He was panicking, didn't he? He didn't know what to do.
15:19Perhaps the thieves don't want to risk losing any more loot.
15:24Left, left. Speed 2-3.
15:28Or perhaps they're looking for somewhere to bail out.
15:34As the passenger side opens, one is out and running.
15:40Stay with the driver. It's touch and go.
15:43He's still going, isn't he? I've had one bail out on Thrap. Stand by.
15:48But the van comes to a stop. Running now would not be a wise move.
15:56Stay there.
15:58There's another suspect also in the passenger seat.
16:03I've got one detained. One's run off. I need officers to me.
16:07Put your handbrake on, mate. Put the handbrake on.
16:10Put the handbrake on. Right, we'll put it in gear then.
16:14No, it's not. It's rolling, mate.
16:17Too late.
16:19It's rolled backwards into my car.
16:22But a prank to the Skoda is a small price to pay for bagging a suspected thief.
16:27This male is compliant. He was the driver for certain.
16:30Although he's now sitting in the passenger seat.
16:34Bryn's bark may have stopped one suspect from running.
16:37Just so we've covered the legal side, at the minute you're under arrest for failing to stop.
16:42Alright?
16:43But with another unit on scene to deal with the driver, Bryn and Lucy turn their attention to looking for his accomplice.
16:51Wait a minute.
16:59Dream Team Lucy and five-year-old German Shepherd Bryn once tracked three armed robbers who'd taken a car at gunpoint.
17:06Yes, yes, I've got like an office block to my left. We're tracking up towards the car park.
17:12And this evening Bryn's finely tuned sense of smell...
17:15One seven, where I am, the dog's indicating over the fence to some back gardens.
17:20..is catching a whiff of curtain sight thief.
17:23Erm...
17:24He's definitely gone this way, but it's a spiked fence.
17:29Finding a way into the garden on the other side...
17:33Where is he then?
17:34Bryn is drawn to a shed, which has been left wide open.
17:42They've been in there, haven't they?
17:44Hands locked.
17:45I think he's gone back because he was all in that garden.
17:48It looks like the thief could be on the move.
17:57Taking a left down another alleyway.
17:59Tracking quite strongly now.
18:03The canine cop has a solid lead.
18:05So we're tracking down the hill.
18:08Until all of a sudden, the track goes cold.
18:11This is a pick-up point.
18:18100%.
18:19Tried him in all four directions and he's just... nothing.
18:23He came flying down here as well.
18:26Despite Bryn's best efforts, Lucy suspects the runner has been picked up by other gang members in the spotter car.
18:33He's worked his nuts off, bless him. He's done really well.
18:36Good lad.
18:38Hey, boy.
18:39Good boy.
18:40Yes, he is.
18:42He's a good lad.
18:44What's the best way back from here?
18:45Back at the scene, cops have discovered the getaway van is a stolen vehicle on false plates.
18:52And the bloke Lucy arrested is a disqualified driver.
18:56He clearly was pretending he wasn't the driver because he was sat in the passenger seat when we got round to him.
19:01Which is an age-old trick.
19:03But unfortunately for him, I saw him in the driver's seat.
19:07So, unlucky.
19:11To come across a crime in progress like that is quite rare.
19:15And to obviously get the driver of the stolen vehicle arrested is a brilliant result.
19:19Really, really pleased.
19:21Good boy.
19:22Good boy.
19:23Come on then, in.
19:25Good lad.
19:29Next stop, the services to continue the investigation.
19:36Not before a little carriageway clear up.
19:40This is one of the boxes that came out of that van.
19:45Can't tell what it is, but we'll take it back to the lorry.
19:47Sorry.
19:51Can I have that back?
19:53At the service station, it looks like more boxes were destined to be stolen, had Lucy not intercepted.
19:59So, this will be where they've cut the side to have a look at what's inside.
20:04And then, they've evidently tried to pull some of the bits out of here to see what the property is.
20:11It looks like it's electronic equipment of some description, soundbar, subwoofers.
20:23It's going to be relatively expensive electronic equipment, I would say.
20:26And given that that Luton van was half full of these boxes, I would say we've probably prevented quite a high value theft from taking place.
20:38So, yeah, good.
20:39High value indeed. Lucy recovered around £3,500 worth of stolen goods.
20:47The man in the van is awaiting trial for stealing from the lorry, driving whilst banned and without insurance.
20:56No legal action was taken against him in relation to the damage to Lucy's car or the nicked van.
21:03Coming up...
21:11I've got a town centre C3, I see a vehicle swerving.
21:15The interceptors go looking for a drink driving suspect.
21:19What was that all about?
21:20I was moving out of the way of traffic.
21:23And the van crash suspect goes looking for the interceptors.
21:27Go on, bud. This is my vehicle. I just had to try and get my insurance details from my friend's house.
21:31Oh, interesting.
21:33Northamptonshire is home to nearly three quarters of a million people.
21:50Many will take to the roads during rush hour and could face increased dangers.
21:54The main issues of driving during rush hour is just the volume of traffic and the fact that people tend to be quite impatient.
22:06If a car loses control where there's a lot of pedestrians around, for instance, like children walking home from school,
22:13it can be catastrophic really for them because cars are effectively one-ton killing machines.
22:22It's the Friday morning rush hour and interceptor Callum Donoghue is blue lighting through traffic to the scene of a crash.
22:41A van has apparently collided with a pole and the drivers fled from the scene.
22:47We're going to really need to try and identify where the drivers have gone and work out the reason why they fled from the scene.
22:53Callum has an early prediction on the reason for the drivers disappearing act.
23:01I would normally be suspecting drink or drugs. So, see what we can find when we get there.
23:06At 8.15 in the morning, Northampton streets are busy with commuters and families on the school run.
23:15There it is.
23:18This crash and dash has caused serious damage, but it could have been lethal.
23:29Very proper 6-1.
23:31I'll pass you the red for this van.
23:33After ploughing into a pedestrian crossing, the abandoned van is wedged on the top of the railings and blocking one lane of traffic.
23:48The lady out there said he's done a red light.
23:50Yeah.
23:51Laurie's flipped him and he's made off.
23:53Oh, interesting. Where's the lady?
23:55Whilst the fire crew fight any further danger by disconnecting the wrecked van's battery, Callum speaks to the eyewitness.
24:03To say it happened, because I came out of Brad's office, it happened.
24:05Yeah.
24:06As I rang you lot, he'd done a runner, so.
24:09What was his description?
24:11About 5'8".
24:12Yeah.
24:13Very skinny.
24:14Crew cut hair.
24:16Beige coloured shorts.
24:17White training.
24:18Blue top.
24:20He's stupid.
24:21Why are you so eager to get across a red light for?
24:25It's red.
24:26There's emptying traffic at this time of the morning.
24:30It's a stupid move.
24:33Thankfully, no one seems to have been injured.
24:35It's pretty stable.
24:36It's not been there.
24:37Yeah.
24:38So, if you're happy, they'll leave you too.
24:40Absolutely mate, that's fine.
24:42Now the scene is safe, Callum can focus on solving the mystery of the vanishing van driver.
24:48We'll wait for the vehicle to get recovered, and then we'll go round to the address where it's registered to, and see if we can speak to the driver or the owner, see if he's using drugs or any alcohol, see what his explanation is for this, because he's parked it very interestingly.
25:06Even more interestingly, the runaway driver has left their motor unlocked and full of expensive power tools.
25:14There'll be a bigger reason behind it, and it's annoying me because I'm yet to find out why, but leave it with us. We'll get an answer by the end of the day.
25:22An answer might present itself sooner than Callum is expecting.
25:26You all right, bud? This is my vehicle. I just had to go and get my insurance details from my friend's house.
25:30Oh, interesting.
25:31Sorry.
25:32The van driver has come back.
25:33What happened?
25:34Basically, the light's changed, and the lorry come round here, and I've had to swear to Mr. Lorry, and I ended up going up the...
25:40Basically, so I didn't hit anything, I thought I hit the central reservation.
25:43Oh. How fast were you going?
25:45Oh, 30.
25:47What, 30 from there? That takes a bit of force, doesn't it?
25:51Huh?
25:52That takes a bit of force to get it up there.
25:54Yeah, I was doing 30, mate.
25:56Have you got your licence on you?
25:57Yes, sir.
25:59Callum is an advanced driver, who is trained to handle anything from a high-performance pursuit car to a riot van or a 4x4 response car.
26:08If you've been involved in a collision, I'll have to put you on a breath test and a drugs test as well, just to make sure that's all fine.
26:16Is this van crash just a simple accident, or are Callum's suspicions about drink or drugs correct?
26:22Just make a seal around it with your lips, and one long continuous blow until I tell you to stop, OK?
26:27Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, stop.
26:30That's the time at the same time as you.
26:32Zero.
26:34One test's passed, one to go.
26:36So, not as I first assumed, we'll still wait on the results of the drug wipe.
26:42He's very nervous, but he came back, and I'd argue if there was something more to hide, he probably wouldn't have come back.
26:49Another unit are en route with the drug wipe kit.
26:54In the meantime, Callum and a recovery worker are coming up with a plan to get the van off the rush hour roads.
27:01Let this lot go through.
27:03Do you need this one closed as well?
27:04No, leave that one open.
27:05Or just this bit?
27:06Yeah.
27:08He's somehow going to go over there and lift it onto the back of his truck.
27:11So we've got to close the whole road, which will be interesting, because everyone wants to try and squeeze past this morning.
27:15Already all I've got to do is set the crane up, put the crane above it, pick it and we're away.
27:20Cool.
27:22At the next red light, the recovery truck moves in.
27:27Callum closes the second lane.
27:30You can't get that way, because the van in the way can't get that way, because the truck will be in the way.
27:33Cheers mate.
27:34And operation van lift begins.
27:40Weighing in at over a tonne, the van is wrenched from the railings.
27:51I bet he's great at the grabber machines in the arcade.
27:53Job done.
27:58With a clearer view, Callum notices a problem with one of the tyres.
28:05This one here.
28:07They've got enough tread on them, haven't they?
28:08That's got cords showing.
28:09Oh shit!
28:11Bald tyres can increase stopping distances, but so can drug driving.
28:16Having got the rush hour traffic moving again, another officer has arrived with a drug wipe test.
28:26Cheeks, just get some saliva on the end of your tunnel for me.
28:28Do you take drugs at all?
28:29No.
28:30And then just three.
28:32Okay.
28:33So it takes eight minutes to fully work.
28:35Alright, it's going to give us a reading of cannabis or cocaine.
28:39Well hopefully nothing.
28:41Now we play the waiting game.
28:42One in twenty fatalities on our roads are caused by drug drivers.
28:49Within minutes it looks like Callum's suspicions could be correct.
28:54You see on the bottom one?
28:55Yeah.
28:57There's a second line under there.
28:58Right, okay.
28:59So that shows that it's testing positive for cocaine.
29:02Shouldn't be.
29:03Well that's what the machine says.
29:05So at this moment in time you're under arrest, okay?
29:06I'm suspicious of a drug drive.
29:08You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you don't mention one question.
29:10It's something you should later on in court.
29:12Anything you do say may be given evidence.
29:13That's rough.
29:15Having failed the roadside drug test, the van driver is taken to custody to give a blood sample for forensic testing.
29:23Obviously it's a Friday morning.
29:24There's lots of pedestrian traffic about as we saw.
29:26Kids going to school, etc.
29:28It was on quite a main road in Northampton.
29:31And for him to make that sort of manoeuvre, to be wedged into the fence, he was doing a bit of speed.
29:38Just lucky no one was stood in the middle of the crossing when that collision did happen.
29:45Blood test results confirmed the van driver was over the limit for cocaine.
29:49He bleeding guilty to drug driving and was banned from the roads for 17 months.
30:02When it comes to collisions involving drink drivers, the number of fatalities are at their highest level for more than a decade.
30:10Setting his sights on taking those over the limit off the road is Harrison Beverley.
30:15So we're on a Sunday night shift.
30:18We've got the England match on tonight.
30:20The first match of the Euros against Serbia.
30:22So I expect it could be a bit busier than normal for a Sunday night.
30:26Potentially on the roads, looking at people that have been watching the match.
30:29A few drinks potentially.
30:31So we'll keep an eye out for that.
30:35Football fan Harrison supports Middlesbrough FC.
30:38As the night draws in, he's pleased to learn that England have scored a win.
30:44However...
30:46Lloyd, I'm just off at Junction 10 now. Are you still Barton Road out of town?
30:50Yes, mate.
30:52Interceptor's V suspected drink driver is about to begin.
30:57We've got a town centre C3. I see a vehicle swerving.
31:00Nearly hit another vehicle, I think.
31:03So I'm going to give my leg up with getting the vehicle stopped.
31:08Fellow Interceptor Lloyd is already behind the erratic driver.
31:13So Harrison is plotting up, ready to join us back up.
31:17Yeah, it's got four or five occupants, I think he said.
31:19So we want to try and get stopped.
31:21And obviously, I've just been seeing him driving up bad on camera.
31:24Just double checking out of a drink or anything.
31:25You know, it's the England match tonight.
31:27You'd hope that people are sensible.
31:28But it should be coming past us in a second.
31:31What's new now?
31:37Harrison falls in directly behind the suspect.
31:43Happy with compliance stop at Junction 10, Lloyd, do you reckon?
31:46Yeah, some.
31:49Four passengers in a car with a suspected drink driver could be a recipe for disaster.
31:58See if it stopped here, there's a bit of a safe bit of road for us.
32:02Without delay, they're lighting him up.
32:12Either he's failing to stop or something might be slowing the driver's reactions.
32:17Just as Lloyd calls it in, the suspect comes to a stop.
32:30Standby, stop, stop.
32:33Get out of the car.
32:34All right, lad.
32:38What was that all about?
32:39I was moving out of the way of traffic.
32:41You weren't? Give me time.
32:42I was.
32:43No, let me try. Come out of the road.
32:44Vehicle stop, no damage.
32:46You've got the keys.
32:47It's five off at the minute.
32:49Yeah.
32:50Lloyd gets straight to the point.
32:51The reason we're stopping you mate is,
32:53we might be driving quite badly in the town centre.
32:56Don't suspect you're not being charged.
32:59Any alcohol you can see here?
33:01I had a couple of bites while we were watching the roads.
33:03That was it.
33:04When was your last drink?
33:06It's 25 past midnight now.
33:09Good hour ago.
33:10Are you happy to try to stress me off the roadside?
33:12Mark the ball, won't you?
33:13Yeah.
33:15Refusing the breathalyser is an offence in itself.
33:18If this footy fan's got nothing to hide,
33:20it's in his interest to play ball.
33:22Okay, nice step.
33:23I'll hover onto the device.
33:24Nice.
33:25Take a big deep breath and blow until I tell you to stop, please.
33:29Blow.
33:30You're not blowing.
33:31Okay.
33:32Yeah.
33:33Stop messing around.
33:34Okay.
33:35Yeah, ma'am.
33:36Yeah, imagine you blowing a balloon, okay?
33:37Yeah, ma'am.
33:38You're not blowing.
33:39If you don't blow hard enough again,
33:41then it's what's called failing to provide,
33:42we should be arrested.
33:43All right?
33:44Do you understand?
33:45Yeah.
33:46Lovely.
33:47Big deep breath.
33:48Blow out until I tell you to stop.
33:50Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
33:52Lovely, thank you.
33:53There, that'll analyze the sample of breath that you've given us.
33:55Hold on.
33:56You're all right and see what it takes.
33:59Legal limit at the roadside is 35.
34:01Yes.
34:02Fail at 72.
34:03So this one of them time you're under arrest for driving or service for the alcohol.
34:07Can you understand anything?
34:08Don't be defensive.
34:09You want to try and question some such on the court.
34:10Nothing can do so you can give him evidence.
34:12All right?
34:13Put your hands out.
34:14You're all right?
34:15All right, have a great sake of my vote, mate.
34:16He's going to be sent off to custody.
34:19Shouldn't have drove like an idiot, mate.
34:22And his mate will be taking the safer option of a stroll home.
34:26After a word from Harrison.
34:28I would say filming and laughing at your mate who's now with us is pretty stupid.
34:32Yeah?
34:33Please step out the car.
34:38Good job.
34:39You don't want people like this driving, especially with passengers in the vehicle.
34:42You know, he's double the drink drive limit.
34:44Potentially prevented a serious accident.
34:47Drink drivers kill people.
34:50I've got no sympathy.
34:51What time am I going to be out tomorrow?
34:53Don't know.
34:55You got work?
34:56I don't know yet.
34:57What time you got work?
34:58I'm going to be getting pissed for half five.
35:01Yeah, you won't be going to work at half five, mate.
35:04And there's one more bit of bad news for the driver.
35:07Probably he's failed to stop initially.
35:09We're going to get a second section 59 warning, mate, which means we're going to seize your car.
35:14Section 59 warnings are issued for anti-social driving.
35:18Thanks to his earlier dodgy driving, he's totted up two section 59s within 12 months, and his motor is shown the red card.
35:27I think he's going to have some regrets when he wakes up later today.
35:30After failing the breath test of custody, he was convicted of drink driving and disqualified for 18 months.
35:40He also had to pay 859 pounds in costs and a fine.
35:45You see all sorts as an interceptor.
35:59And another set of wheels bombing along the pavement is raising eyebrows for Ian Bayliss.
36:06Stop there, mate. You can't ride that on the road.
36:12That's it.
36:13You see that? It doesn't matter.
36:15Pull up and then we'll have a chat.
36:17Can anyone take it here?
36:18Well, I don't know yet.
36:19He's saying we can spot it.
36:21Okay, well pull up and let's have a look.
36:23That ride could land this bloke in hot water.
36:29He claims he's just picked up the electric quad bike for his son.
36:33You can't ride that on the road.
36:35I thought it was just like, it's like a mobility scooter.
36:38Yeah.
36:39It's not, it's a motorcycle.
36:40Oh, is that what it's classic?
36:41So, technically you need insurance, a driving licence and everything.
36:46And have you got any of that?
36:47I have, yeah.
36:48You've got it all.
36:49I've got a driver licence.
36:50You've got insurance?
36:51No.
36:52See, that's where I have to take it now.
36:54In my place.
36:55He's literally just got it.
36:56Where do you live?
36:57I live, I'll push it back now.
36:58I'll literally push it back.
37:00That cannot be on the road?
37:01I'll push it back.
37:02Okay.
37:03I'll take it out, I'll put it in pocket and I'll push it back.
37:06Potentially Ian could seize the mini motor.
37:09It's classed as a mechanically propelled vehicle, which is a, it's effectively a motorcycle.
37:16Yeah.
37:17Same as a quad.
37:18It doesn't matter if it's electric.
37:19Electric.
37:20I don't think they've got it.
37:21No.
37:22But he decides the best road to take here is some words of advice.
37:26If he wants to ride it, you have to take it somewhere, private land.
37:30You can't just blast down, especially pavements as well.
37:34And the good old section 59 warning comes in handy again.
37:38If this is seen on the road again.
37:40Yeah.
37:41Okay.
37:42I'll put a thing in with your name on it.
37:43It applies to you and the bike.
37:45I know.
37:46They'll take it.
37:47And then we take it.
37:48Yeah.
37:49Sorted.
37:50All right.
37:51Walk it.
37:52Yeah.
37:53Well done.
37:54Chippa.
37:55Thank you very much.
37:56He can stay on it.
37:57But you're walking.
37:58And you ain't riding it.
37:59No.
38:01Cheers.
38:02Good luck.
38:03You got that.
38:04Cheers mate.
38:05Damn right.
38:06Yeah.
38:07See you later.
38:08Two happy customers walk their new main machine home.
38:16Still to come.
38:17Hello there.
38:18Oh.
38:19It'll feel alright enough.
38:20A rescue mission on the A14.
38:23You got it.
38:24You're on.
38:25And Griff gets a couple of new crew mates.
38:28As we've already seen, the interceptors don't always get a warm reception.
38:51But managing suspects is only part of their day to day duties.
38:56A vast chunk of our time isn't dealt with chasing criminals down.
39:01It's dealt with helping people.
39:03And undoubtedly that's what drives most cops to get out of bed in the morning.
39:07It's the roots of policing.
39:09It's all about community.
39:10It's about serving the communities in which we live.
39:13To try and make people's days a little bit better and to make those communities safer places.
39:19In the west of the county, worrying reports are coming in about a breakdown on the A14.
39:30Of course, they think they're elderly.
39:32The female is still in the car.
39:34And there's an old man out there of walking all around in the live lane.
39:40This afternoon, Chris is joined by fellow interceptor, Aaron Griff Griffiths.
39:44Who's putting his foot down.
39:46Looks like the occupants were out of the vehicle, but stood in the live lane.
39:49So you've got traffic travelling at 70 miles an hour.
39:53Maybe some higher speeds.
39:57So that's a concern.
39:59That is as reported.
40:01The call is being treated as a grade one emergency.
40:05Look at his tailback.
40:08To reach the stranded couple, the interceptors are up against building traffic.
40:13Just on a grade one.
40:15Call you back.
40:18Griff received a police commendation for saving the life of someone involved in a crash.
40:23He's armed with advanced driving skills, which are coming in handy today.
40:30Fair play, fair play.
40:32Thank you very much.
40:33Another unit are first for the scene.
40:36Griff and Chris aren't far behind.
40:39You've got them on, mate.
40:41And rears.
40:42And rears.
40:43And we've arrived.
40:44Fellow interceptor, James, fills them in.
40:47Lady bless us, ever so emotional.
40:49Because she's got scared.
40:50A bit of all the lorry's beeping up.
40:52So I've reassured them.
40:53Told them what we're going to do.
40:55Toe them off.
40:56But towing eyes not missing.
40:57So we're going to have to do a bit of a thing on the axle.
40:59We'll do underneath.
41:00If you stay where you are, JC goes in front.
41:03While Griff and James move their marked cars into a position to shield and tow the broken-down
41:09Renault, Chris comforts the shaken driver.
41:12Hello there.
41:13Aw.
41:14It'll be all right, my love.
41:15Hello.
41:16Hello.
41:17Hello.
41:18Hello.
41:19Hello.
41:20The couple were on their way to Wales on holiday when disaster struck for driver Sue.
41:25It's just come up with a red light.
41:26It's just come up with a red light.
41:27See?
41:28An engine failure.
41:29And it's stopped harm.
41:30That's it.
41:31Nothing else.
41:32No sound.
41:33Nothing.
41:34It's never happened to me.
41:35Not in 40-odd years.
41:38Just come across back this way from me, sir.
41:39How old am I?
41:40How old am I?
41:41How old am I?
41:42How old am I?
41:4393.
41:44The interceptors need to move fast to tow the elderly couple to safety.
41:56Where do you think of, where are you thinking of putting it?
42:01A missing towing eye puts a spanner in the works, but Chris is on the case.
42:07Although I think Rocky might have said, might have sussed out somewhere for it to go.
42:12You've got it.
42:15You're on.
42:16Good to go.
42:18James and the gent will be out front on towing duty.
42:23Chris will ride in the Renault.
42:26Whilst Griff.
42:27Sometimes these things happen.
42:29I'm not.
42:31But they're flipping A14 of all.
42:36Is crewing up with Sue and her canine companion.
42:39Good when you are, JC.
42:41And we're off.
42:42If it ever happens in the future, first thing you must do is call the police.
42:46Between 40 and 70 miles an hour.
42:48If you break down a road like that and you can't get the car out of the road.
42:51Yeah.
42:52Get out of the car and call us straight away.
42:54Right, I will.
42:55Because we'll come out and even if we have to just shut the road, keep you safe, shut the lane, then we'll do that.
43:02The team towed the Renault off the A14 and onto a side road.
43:07Where the couple can safely wait for their recovery.
43:10Just in case, I'll give him a phone number, just in case you do need me as a teammate.
43:16If I tell him he's been replaced, he won't be happy.
43:18Is that your partner?
43:19No, no.
43:20The one underneath your car.
43:22Oh, he's underneath my car.
43:23Chris's improvised tow line worked a treat.
43:26Despite her initial distress, after a good natter, it seems Sue is feeling much better.
43:33I don't know which one I like the best here.
43:37Isn't he lovely?
43:38Will you take a picture of us?
43:39Oh, yeah, I will, yeah.
43:40I like this one best.
43:42Yes!
43:43Shows all of his lovely features.
43:45What one's are they in?
43:46I think I've just cracked the lens.
43:49Your turn, lads.
43:50Yeah.
43:51Never had this many photos.
43:55Beautiful.
43:56Might as well make a laugh.
43:57You have.
43:58There you go.
43:59That's memories now.
44:00It's better than crying, isn't it?
44:01Absolutely.
44:03Once the interceptors have made sure everyone is happy.
44:06There we go.
44:09Their work here is done.
44:11We're going to leave you now.
44:13Alright?
44:14I didn't want you to leave me.
44:16Where have we got you?
44:17We've got a whole county of people to protect.
44:19No.
44:20Loads of people.
44:21They're not as nice as me.
44:22No, do you know what?
44:23They're not, to be fair, honestly.
44:25Breakdown assistance will get the couple back on the road.
44:29Sue's interceptors.
44:30Sue's, yeah.
44:32Interceptors.
44:33Police interceptors.
44:34Featuring Sue.
44:35Featuring Sue.
44:36Sue-tceptors.
44:37Like it?
44:38Yeah.
44:39Yeah, okay, yeah.
44:40Well, it has got a ring to it.
44:42What a lovely lady.
44:43Is this this basically a huge mess?
44:44Is this a huge mess?
44:45That's a huge mess, isn't it?
44:46We're not in an old town, right?
44:49It's fun.
44:50It's a huge mess.
44:51Is this a huge mess?
44:52It's a huge mess, dude.
44:53I'm gonna get it, yeah.
44:54You bet.
44:55It's a big mess.
44:56If you're not in an old town.
44:58This is a.
44:59Not a long game.
45:00We're down.
45:01You're gonna get it.
45:02You're gonna get it.
45:03I'm gonna get it.
45:04I am.
45:05I'm gonna get it.
45:06And I'm gonna get it.
45:07A long game, dude.
45:08It's a big mess.
45:09Come on.
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