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Jan 2023
Man arrested and £100,000 seized after A1 Boroughbridge police chase
A 30-year-old man has been arrested and £100,000 of cash seized after a police chase on the A1 near Boroughbridge.
North Yorkshire Police were alerted to erratic driving southbound near to Scotch Corner yesterday at 1.50pm.
Officers located the vehicle which near Dishforth and followed it towards Boroughbridge.
As they approached Wetherby Services, police got in front of the vehicle and directed the driver to leave the carriageway into the service station.
As they got nearer to the services, the driver made off and drove at speed through the service station car park towards the hotel at the back of the site, colliding with a member of the public’s vehicle on its way through.
A police statement said:
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The 30-year-old, of no fixed abode, was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for police.
He was also arrested on suspicion of drug driving and on suspicion of being in possession of criminal property, dangerous driving, driving otherwise than accordance with a licence, failing to stop after a road traffic accident, money laundering, theft of a motor vehicle and for driving without insurance.
The man remains in custody while police enquiries continue.
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