Armed police arrest three people after stopping stolen van on M1 near Mansfield

By Tom Hardwick
Published 8th Jul 2022, 17:07 BST
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Police arrested three individuals after they were found travelling in a stolen van on the M1 near Mansfield.

On Wednesday, July 6, officers from Derbyshire Police’s roads policing unit reported they had been called to attend an incident on the M1 near Tibshelf.

Their Leicestershire counterparts had called for support to stop a suspicious van travelling north.

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Officers found three people in the van - who were then detained.Officers found three people in the van - who were then detained.
Officers found three people in the van - who were then detained.

The vehicle was eventually stopped on the motorway by Derbyshire and Leicestershire officers, as well as armed response units.

The van was found to have been stolen from West Yorkshire, and the three occupants were subsequently detained.