Targeted police operation sees 25 vehicles stopped

Elliot BallWest Midlands
News imageWest Midlands Police A man in a high-vis yellow jacket places a blue sticker on a white truck that reads "no insurance seized by police". West Midlands Police
West Midlands Police stopped 25 drivers in Dudley during a targeted operation

A targeted police operation led to 25 motorists being stopped in one day, West Midlands Police says.

Drivers were reported for a variety of offences, including not wearing seatbelts, their vehicles being overweight, having no MOT, having no insurance, tyre offences and illegal tints on their windows.

The operation, using unmarked police vehicles, took place in Kingswinford, Dudley on 2 October, in partnership with Staffordshire Police.

The Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), a HMRC fuel testing unit, City of Wolverhampton Council, Dudley Council, and South Staffordshire District Council all also joined the operation.

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