Two suspected thieves have been arrested after officers deployed a stinger and boxed in a stolen van on the M1.
A number of units including firearms and roads policing based at Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire forces worked together to bring the Ford Transit to a halt safely during a carefully orchestrated operation.
We received a call about a Polaris vehicle and a trailer being taken using a stolen van from a premises at Wollaton Park at about 9.40pm on Wednesday 1 October.
The stolen vehicle was traced to the M1 northbound and officers were deployed to the scene at Junction 30 near Barlborough.
Policing teams worked together to deploy a stinger – a spiked tyre deflation device – to bring the stolen van to a safe stop.
The vehicle was boxed in by police cars and two men, aged 53 and 38, were arrested at the scene for a number of offences including theft of a motor vehicle, trailer, tools and equipment.
The arrests were made just 13 minutes after we received a call about the incident.
