40 vehicles stopped during Wisbech road safety crackdown

40 vehicles stopped during Wisbech road safety crackdown

Dear Resident,

Our Rural Crime Action Team (RCAT) and Wisbech’s Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) carried out Operation Chambers yesterday alongside Norfolk Constabulary’s Op Moonshot team, to target the A47 and A1101 which connects the two counties.

The aim was to check that vehicles were roadworthy, ensuring they have up-to-date tax and MOT, and the drivers were insured and held valid licences, as well as any vehicles using trailers were complying with road laws.

We were spread around the area, intercepting vehicles and escorting them to Morrisons car park in Elm High Road, where checks could be carried out by the UK National Rural Crime Unit, DVLA, HMRC, Fenland District Council, and DataTag.

Over a six-hour period, we:

Stopped 40 vehicles

Had 72 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) hits for vehicles with no tax

Seized seven vehicles, including one which was found to be stolen from West Midlands

Issued 11 Traffic Offence Reports (TORs) – one for an insecure load, one for using a mobile phone, one for no MOT, two for no tax, two for no licence, and four for no insurance

Stop-searched seven people – resulting in two arrests

Interviewed a driver who was found to be disqualified and have reported him for the offences.

Made six arrests for driving offences, drugs offences and theft

Overall, it was a successful operation which allowed us to work with partner agencies to tackle an issue that we know is a community concern, and we will continue our work to make our roads a safer place.

You can watch a video of the operation on our YouTube channel here.

Kind regards,

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Lucy Ward
(Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Communications Assistant, Peterborough and Fenland)