JOHN THOMSON: This is Police Interceptors.
OFFICER: Get out the car!
Police Interceptors, the real-life one?
I'm gonna tell my kids about this.
And you're riding with the pride of Northamptonshire.
Speed 1-2-0.
Ace pursuit drivers... Contact, contact, contact.
POLICE RADIO: 'NPAS, over.' ..with air support...
NPAS: 'Got two out, standby.' DOG BARKING
...and a crack dog unit. If you move, you will get bit.
MAN SHOUTS
They bring down the bad guys... Police!
I believe you're wanted, mate. OFFICER: Stand still!
...keep the streets safe... Put your arms behind your back.
Get on the floor! ..and battle 24/7...
OFFICER: Get down on the floor. ..In the war on crime.
TYRES SCREECHING Crash, crash.
On the ground now!
Is what it is. We find them, we lock them up.
Passengers attempting to get out.
Coming up... Get out of the car!
...an early-morning smash...
...and grab... Get out of the car now!
...a drug turf war...
Police officer with Taser!
Make yourself known!
...is nipped in the bud.
And a dangerous drink-driver...
Wowee!
...feels Rob's wrath.
Don't!
You try and start throwing your head towards me again,
you're gonna end up in a much worse position, do you understand?
It's a wet start to the late shift on a Monday.
It's a miserable night tonight, isn't it?
Harrison Beverley and joe Wood
are keeping watch over the streets...
...when they clock a Golf creeping along at a snail's pace.
KF61 looks a bit dodge, doesn't it?
Yeah.
Bev and Joe are keen to have a word.
He's giving you a run for your money here, mate.
But the driver isn't and hares off into the night.
He's gone lights out, yeah, failed to stop.
SIREN
Failed to stop.
Spooked by the interceptors,
the driver is not watching where he's going.
He's temporarily off the road at the minute.
Lights out. Romeo, Alpha, 5-1, Hotel, November.
Bev puts his foot down...
We are an advanced driver, TPAC trained,
marked BMW340.
Speed is 7-5 so far.
...and keeps locked on target.
Expert driver Bev is trained in
both tactical and high-speed pursuits.
And in these conditions and with this suspect,
that's a good thing.
Road conditions are wet.
He's clone a temporary ATS.
It's safe to continue.
Medium risk. Standby.
The suspect is showing no sign of giving up...
Safe to continue, speed is 2-0.
...sojoe puts in a call for back-up.
Yeah, to all units,
just start making your way towards Raunds,
because we are still in that area, standby.
More units are converging on the area.
Try and get out of the town centre, mate.
Left, left.
But they might be too late.
I think it's got vehicle problems.
It's throwing out smoke.
The Golf looks like it's about to throw out people as well.
Doors are opening, possible decamp. Standby.
Weybridge Road.
One of the suspects is desperate to do a runner.
It's a passenger, I think, that is trying to get out, isn't it?
And he doesn't have to wait long.
Nearside passenger is attempting to get out.
Bev and joe need to collar the driver...
He can't get out, he's stuck, I think.
...before he drives off again...
Get out of the car! Get out of the car!
...so they don't mess about.
GLASS BREAKING
Get out of the car!
Get out of the car now!
Out of the car. Open the door. Open the door.
I'm here. I'm here. What can I do?
Resist, resist, stop resisting.
Put your hand out of the window.
Put your hand out of the window! OK.
I don't wanna...
Standby, driver, vehicle, window smashed.
You are currently under arrest,
OK, for failing to stop, dangerous driving.
HE RECITES RIGHTS
Bev thinks he's sniffed out
the reason for this suspect's shoddy driving.
The vehicle stinks of cannabis at the minute.
We are just getting the driver out.
So, at the minute, no of fences as such.
I've locked him up. Yeah. Sound.
The dopey driver has weed, but no insurance...
There is cannabis in the vehicle,
but I don't know how much at the minute.
...sojoe ramps up the charges.
So, you've been arrested, OK, for dangerous driving,
failed to stop, no insurance, driving on a provisional licence
and possession of cannabis, do you understand that?
With the driver in bracelets...
"Joe gets on the hunt for his passenger,
who is still AWOL.
Just in case he's gone to ground nearby,
we're gonna stick the drone up
and see if he is about.
We'll put it up just in case he has gone into one of the local gardens
and that way we can flush him out.
'Activated.'
joe is one of the unit's newest drone operators.
Anything at this time of night
bigger than a squirrel really shows up quite obviously.
And he scans for the man-sized squirrel like a hawk.
He ran down there.
So I'm just checking the gardens.
But the passenger's flown the nest and his search comes up empty.
I'm gonna bring the drone in now.
Ancl we will get this chap sorted in Custody.
'Landing.'
Before the driver is taken into custody,
he is tested for alcohol...
Keep going, keep going, keep going, that's it, well clone.
...and drugs.
There you go, keep it there, thank you.
But it turns out he's a lot cleaner than his car.
So, what's happening, mate?
He's passed his breath test and his drugs wipe, which is surprising,
so it's traffic of fences
and the possession of cannabis at the minute.
Good result in the end, so...
After his reckless race around the streets,
this bloke was lucky to escape unharmed.
Get out of the car!
Get out of the car now!
Butjoe wasn't so fortunate.
Cut my hand on the glass getting in the...
...getting in the car, that's all.
Get out of the car now! Out of the car.
Along with a fistful of driver, he also grabbed a fistful of glass.
What can I do? Resist, resist, stop resisting.
I reckon I might need a transfusion after that.
What am I looking at? Look at that.
That is an injury on duty, if ever I've seen one.
The lad, clean from green,
received no further action for possession of cannabis.
However, he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving
and driving without valid insurance.
He received an eight-month suspended prison sentence,
an 18-month driving ban,
and ordered to pay £337 in fines and costs.
The suspected failure to stop
and driving without a licence were dropped in court.
I don't know about a real medal,
but maybe a cup of tea and a Twix or something.
I think I can manage that.
Coming up...
a suspected gangland conflict...
SHOUTING
...spills onto the street.
Open the door!
On the floor!
BARKING
And the hunt for a dangerous dog on the loose...
All right, everyone standby.
BARKING
...hits bull's-eye.
Each year more than a million plants
with a street value of £210 million are seized by police...
Slow, slow, slow.
...and 90% of it is grown industrially
in rented flats and houses.
This makes illegal weed farms
a high-value target not just for the interceptors...
Weed plants.
...but for criminal gangs as well.
I think the main reason for that is because...
there is a lot of risk involved in growing cannabis.
Certainly for the gangs.
Ancl I think if they have the opportunity to then
go and take cannabis that other people have grown,
they eliminate the risks of...
being caught whilst growing.
They often go armed.
They often go in numbers,
which can incite a lot of violence
towards whoever they are robbing the cannabis from.
It's the witching hour on Wednesday morning.
As they head out on shift...
Why aren't they in bed, man?
...word of a major robbery in progress reaches Stewart Wilson
and Chris Gutteridge.
CONTROL:
Officers suspect up to a dozen people have entered the property,
so it's all hands on deck.
The update for this job,
you've got multiple people breaking into one of the houses.
Don't suppose ARVs can come and support us at all, please?
As they make for the address,
there's news that several of the suspected robbers
have fled and are heading their way.
Three vehicles have left now.
Ancl they are towards direction,
so we are going to go and plot up for that.
But the suspects have a big head start and have made full use of it.
I mean, if they have gone this way, then they've long gone.
With the search area widening...
We've clone down to Thrapston.
There is no trace either.
...reports come in that someone has been spotted
returning to the scene of the crime.
SIREN
Stewart punches the revs and makes for the address.
Do you know how to get there? Yeah.
While Chris calls in the cavalry to help tighten the net.
6-1. I think if you've got some more coming over from MK to assist,
can we get them to that address?
Cos they've made entry.
Other units are already on scene...
What have we got, mate? Five windows smashed.
At the back of the house.
...and reckon the bloke is now back inside the property.
While officers guard the front,
Stewart heads round the back...
There's persons in there?
Yeah, someone just behind the window.
...and makes his presence known.
Police officer with Taser!
Show yourself! Come out!
6-1. The process.
Police officer with Taser!
Show yourself!
No-one is answering.
So it's time to ditch the pleasantries.
We got enforcer?
But who needs the enforcer,
when you have Blandy's size 11s?
Keep going.
Once inside...
Police officer with Taser! Come out now!
...Stewart and the team proceed with caution.
We'll clear the ground floor.
Ancl then we'll go upstairs, all right?
Police officer with Taser! Make yourself known!
There's no sign of anyone on the ground floor...
6-1, we've got a cannabis grow.
...but there are clues as to why the robbers paid a visit...
It's been emptied.
...and what they made off with.
Let's just clear this room as best we can quick.
That's relatively clear.
There are two more floors to search...
Police officer with Taser! Show yourself!
...and more evidence.
Plenty more.
So, you've got cannabis in here.
Still growing.
The entire property has been converted
into a high-tech cannabis farm,
likely operated by a gang.
A grow room has cables going into it.
There is still no trace of the intruder...
OK, so, that room looks to be clear.
...and only one more place he could be hiding.
Loft hatch.
He'll be in the loft, won't he? Yeah.
It's up to Stewart to do the honours.
If I come straight back down, it's for a reason, right? Yeah.
Stewart originally joined the interceptors
because he wanted a new challenge.
And playing hide and seek in a giant weed farm
certainly ticks the box.
So, I've got two discarded gloves.
But the suspect is nowhere to be seen
and appears to have done a runner.
Well, I don't know where that mystery man has gone.
He's not gone in there, has he?
There's better news from across town.
SIREN
Firearms units have intercepted a Golf
seen during the robbery...
Hello. It's pretty serious, mate.
...and have collared three of the suspects.
So, your vehicle has been seen leaving the scene
of a burglary, OK.
Officers suspect the three lads are also cannabis farmers...
Nothing on you at all, no?
Sure?
You look pretty nervous, mate.
...who may have harvested their rivals' crop.
We are looking for any articles
that could be involved in this offence.
Some of those articles...
He's just thrown something down here.
Yeah.
...have been lobbed into nearby bushes.
You've got masks, gloves, and then he's thrown...
Urghg
...a rechargeable torch Taser.
Tasers disguised as torches are illegal
and possession alone could land you ten years in prison.
All right, mate, at this moment in time, you are under arrest
on suspicion of burglary ancl cultivation of cannabis.
RECITES RIGHTS
With one crew in custody...
...another unit has tracked down a second vehicle
seen near the cannabis farm...
Get out of the car!
Get out! Get out! Get out!
...and they are not going in softly.
Open the door!
Get on the floor!
On your feet!
Get your hands out!
Hands behind your back!
Behind your back! You are under arrest
on suspicion of burglary ancl cannabis cultivation.
Britain's cannabis market is worth over £2 billion
and the profits made fuel more crime and violence.
But the interceptors have nipped
this suspected gangland dispute in the bud,
before it's escalated even further.
Yes, it's a good result. The biggest result from it is at the moment
we've got six people in custody,
two vehicles recovered and we are onto the third vehicle now
with assistance from our colleagues in Thames Valley Police
over in Milton Keynes.
So, really, really good result.
We've got some weapons recovered, some people in custody.
Ancl a lot of the grow which isn't gonna go
to some sort of criminality.
Whether it's them or the people they're trying to steal it from.
All six men from both vehicles are currently on bail
pending investigation for burglary of fences
and four of them are also under investigation
for cannabis cultivation.
BARKING
The 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act
bans the sale and breeding of five types of dog.
Jesus Christ.
If they are not registered and muzzled,
owners face a large fine or even prison.
I'll say, mate, he's a big bugger.
He is an extra-large bully dog.
WHISTLES
Dealing with the sometimes deadly animals
is the job of the specialist dog handling team
and their kit bag of electrified shields,
dart guns and sedatives.
BARKING
Because of the restrictions around them, they can't be resold,
they can't be rehomed. Ultimately, they just get put down,
which is dead sad.
You know, we are all...
We are all animal lovers on the dog section.
Obviously, we all love clogs and it's horrible to see it,
but, you know, I think some people
don't appreciate the damage that these clogs can do.
If they get hold of you and clamp down on the wrong place,
you know, you are clone for, so...
And they can cause some real catastrophic injuries.
It's counting down to midnight.
Ash Price is en route to help another team
deal with a banned dog on the loose.
They've got it cornered, I think,
between a garage and a house?
Erm...
But it's just growling at them
every time they try and get near to it,
so I think it's starting to be a little bit aggressive towards them.
The dog is an XL bully,
an animal that often lives up to its name.
They've got really, really strong, powerful jaws.
Big muscular shape at the front.
Then...
they are literally just built to cause damage.
To protect members of the public,
firearms officers are also on scene.
I think it's trapped just in this garden down here hopefully...
still.
The dog is behind a high wall.
Just down there, right-hand side.
So, before hatching a plan,
Ash needs a bit of help to get a visual.
Do you want to stand on my knee?
Yeah, I will, actually, mate. Come on.
"Can you see over this wall?" You cheeky bugger.
Down by the right-hand side of the garage. Yeah, I see him.
Got no collar.
ASH WHISTLES
He looks fairly chilled, but...
Hello!
Over the past few years, XL bullies
have accounted for around half of all fatal dog attacks in the UK.
I don't know if you just want to take the spray.
Ancl a shield.
Ancl we'll just try and get it on a lead.
With armed officers primed,
Ash and fellow handler Lucy approach it kitted up...
and with caution.
We've got no idea where it's come from?
Ancl it's been growling and grumbling at you when you try to get near it?
I got told it's a very large XL bully.
Is that it grumbling?
Plan A is to get the dog onto a leash.
ASH WHISTLES
HEY, PUP, what's this?
But when the pair get a close look at it...
Erm...
It looked friendlier than that over the fence.
...they quickly move to plan B.
I think we're just going to need to dart that.
Couple of shields.
Over the past five years, there's been a 60% rise
in dog attacks across England and Wales.
Has it got an injury?
Do you see what I mean, is that blood on it?
And because of their size and strength,
XL bullies are often used
for illegal fights.
I think it's got blood on it. You reckon?
Yeah, round its neck and on its chest.
Do you want me to ring Anna?
Ash decides the only safe way to secure the dog
is to sedate it.
Erm, we've got a dog we are looking to sedate
out in Broughton. just wanted to run it past you.
After getting authorisation from a vet...
Erm...
Looks probably high 30KGs.
BARKING
...Lucy mixes up a tranquilliser cocktail.
We are just mixing the drugs and then we're gonna...
dart the dog from over the fence with a sedative.
It clearly gets unhappy whenever we try and get anywhere near it,
so it's just the safest option. It'll be kinder for the dog as well,
rather than trying to get it on a pole and drag it into a van.
BARKING
Dogs can hear sounds four times further away than we can.
BARKING
And this one seems to have got wind of Ash's plan.
Right, everyone standby, cos it's edging up a little bit now.
BARKING
Ash sets the dart gun to stun...
...and takes aim with the red dot.
DOG BARKS
BARKS
Bully bull's-eye.
It's dog darted loose.
INDISTINCT
No, we'll give it a few minutes, and see if this works.
We're just waiting to see if the drug's taken effect.
Ancl then we can go in and safely remove it.
Ten minutes later...
Is he sleepy?
Yeah, he's quite sleepy.
...Lucy's potion seems to have worked its magic.
But Ash isn't taking any chances and doubles up on protection
before trying to move the dog.
So, we are getting a mega mover,
which is basically a sheet with handles on it,
to give us a hand carrying him.
Ancl some muzzles.
So, even though he is sedated,
it's just like being in a bit of a sleep.
You can still wake up from it.
So, for everyone's safety, we'll just muzzle the dog.
An XL bully has a higher bite force
than almost all other dog breeds.
He's proper...
proper eyes-rolled-back asleep, isn't he?
But after its dose of sedatives...
I'm gonna give him a little poke, Luce.
Go for it. Yeah.
...this one is more pussycat than top dog.
Oh, he's out of it.
Since the XL bully ban came into force,
tens of thousands of responsible owners
have legally registered their pets.
Ah, lovely. Do you need this other side open?
But others have just let them loose to fend for themselves.
Yeah, I just want to get her neck nice so she can breathe.
That'll do.
After Ash checks the dogs vitals...
Yeah. Heartbeat is all right.
Breathing is all right.
...it can be checked in for the night.
Oh, yeah, it's gone pretty well, to be fair.
Dog is nice and asleep, safely in the cage.
Now we just need to get it to the kennels.
The dog was transported to the kennels for the night.
Like many other banned XL bullies,
if its owner doesn't claim it or prove it is registered,
it will be put down.
It's obviously the last option that we want,
but we've had jobs up and down the country
where XL bully types
and other large-breed clogs
have seriously injured or killed people.
Ancl we've got to have contingency there to protect the public,
because of the damage that these types of clogs can cause.
Coming up...
Have him. Oh, OK.
...no easy ride...
Get out of the car! Get out of the car!
...for this drink-driver.
Get out of the car!
A couple of gamblers...
Tomorrow?
...find themselves bang out of luck.
So we are going to arrest you for no insurance.
No MOT as well.
It's Tuesday night.
Rob Harfleet and Charlie Brown
are out looking for trouble.
And trouble...
Wowee!
...has just found them.
A rogue Corsa driver almost clipped the interceptors' XC60.
And they are not going to let that slide.
Have him. Oh, OK.
You're determined.
After a quick U-ey,
they tear after the suspect...
He's not, is he? He is.
...whose driving goes from bad...
Yeah, he's gone through a red.
...to worse.
Vehicle is failing to stop.
SIREN
Rob floors the Volvo and tries to keep
the Corsa's tail lights in his sights.
There he is.
Vehicle ahead in the distance.
We are Harlston Road away from town.
The suspect is doing north of 60
and the boys risk losing him in the darkness.
Temporary loss. No, no.
Regained.
Harlston Road continuing out of town.
But with conditions in their favour...
Road is dry, traffic is light.
Visibility is good.
...Rob quickly reins him in.
Approaching a roundabout. Wait.
No, he's not, he's gone in it.
SIREN
And then clocks the Corsa heading into a housing estate.
There he is, there he is, there he is.
INDISTINCT RADIO MESSAGE
Standby. Stop, stop, stop. We are having you.
Out of the car!
Get out of the car! Open the door!
This bloke's hearing is as bad as his driving.
Open now or the window is going in.
Cotswold Avenue, it's a stop stop.
Open the door! Do it now, get out of the car.
Get out of the car. Get out of the car.
You're under arrest for failing to stop.
Get out of the car! At ease!
What are you doing, man?
You are under arrest for failing to stop
and dangerous drive.
Rob and Charlie need to be sure
the driver is not carrying any weapons or blades.
Driver is detained. Keys are out.
Brother, stop!
Stay on the bonnet.
But the only thing this guy is butchering is the King's English.
I'm not hurting no-one.
I didn't say YOU were hurting someone.
You're hurting me.
Secured.
Stand up.
What was that about?
You're scaring me, bro. Stop it, man.
When you have driven like you have, that's kind of the point... bro.
Have you got anything on you, in the car or anything else
that's gonna hurt me, hurt you, or you shouldn't have?
No, I have not, but please let go. No.
The bloke is pushing his luck with Rob.
Any damage? No, no.
Check. Check, check, check, no problem.
And that's never a good idea.
Can you get off, please? Stop pulling about.
You have to simply stand still.
That's all I'm asking you. If you're an adult,
you should be able to follow the simple instruction of "Stand still."
Why are you so aggressive? You hold, I'll search.
Because you've just driven like an absolute clown
through the middle of town at speed.
OK.
I'm trying to go home, bro.
Well, you won't be going home now, you'll be going to Custody.
OK.
Rob reckons the driver has been hitting the hard stuff.
Provide a specimen of breath...
Pull my trousers up. Listen to her.
But a breathalyser will tell all.
OK.
Like many of the interceptors,
Rob has little time for anyone who takes to the road over the limit.
One long blow...
And after a quick blow... Keep going, keep going, keep going.
Keep going.
...his suspicions are confirmed.
Right, it's reading 68. So you're further under arrest
for driving a motor vehicle over the prescribed limit for alcohol.
OK. All right.
Drinking doesn't just slow your reactions...
Can you let go, please? No, because you're in handcuffs.
Whilst you are on your feet in handcuffs,
you are gonna be held on to.
...it slows your brain functions...
Yeah, I'm in handcuffs, can you let me go, please?
No.
Have you had anything else other than alcohol this evening?
No. Can you please let go of me? No.
...and can cause sudden mood swings.
Oh, well done, well done, mate. Well done.
Thank you.
Don't! Chill out, man.
You try and start throwing your head towards me again...
you're gonna end up in a much worse position.
Do you understand? Yes.
Right.
Sit in the car
whilst you have the option to sit in a car rather than a van.
All right. Pull my trousers up.
Booze might not be the only thing he's taken tonight.
I suspect there's not only alcohol in your system.
Pretty much because of your demeanour
and your eyes, your pupils are just not reacting to light at all.
So I'm also gonna request a specimen of saliva from you.
OK? What is that for?
It's gonna test your system for cocaine and cannabis.
Using a DrugWipe
should be a simple ten-second procedure...
Do me a favour, lick round the inside of your cheeks.
Sorry, what? Lick round the inside of your cheeks for me.
...but not with this lad.
Then stick your tongue out as far as you can.
Just turn a little bit towards me.
It's now close to midnight
and Rob's patience is wearing thin.
Just a little bit. My wrist.
I'm not touching your wrists. Stick your tongue out. You are.
You need an anatomy lesson.
Right, stick your tongue out. Don't be a dickhead.
Stop acting like one and I'll start treating you with more respect.
It's a two-way street.
So can you just stick your tongue out as far as you can for me?
OK, sir.
Stick your tongue out for me.
Keep it there.
Thank you very much. Right. Thank you.
What's your name? PC Harfleet.
Thank you, Harfleet.
You're welcome.
The DrugWipe comes back negative,
so the bloke has got one less thing to worry about...
I don't want to have problems with you.
No, I know you don't. I've made a mistake.
We'll deal with that. Like I say, I will deal with anyone on the level.
...but that is all going to change when he gets home.
Go round, go round, go round.
Hey? Your mum is going to be pissed, was that?
Well, it's...
Yeah, I was just gonna say, my mum is the one I fear the most, so...
I don't blame you.
Fine.
This "bro" pleaded guilty to drink-driving,
failing to stop and dangerous driving.
He received an eight-week suspended prison sentence,
was disqualified from driving for 12 months,
and was ordered to pay £439 in fines and costs.
And if he does a runner, there will be one sure way to track him down.
ROB LAUGHS
What a plonker.
That's one word for him.
Ah...
I've never seen anything like that before in my life.
But there's no way he was gonna disappear if that's true, is it?
Our roads are watched over by some 1 8,000 AN PR cameras,
scanning and collecting
80 billion records every year,
weaving a web of intel designed to snag dodgy motors
and deter crime.
AN PR is a fantastic tool for us.
Our coverage is really good within Northamptonshire.
So the movement of vehicles can be monitored
and then it's our job to intercept those vehicles,
get them stopped,
and get the of fences and the drivers dealt with.
It's Friday morning.
And parked up on a bridge above the A14...
Lane three.
Gone? Yeah.
...Rachael McCreadie and Stewart Wilson are on the hunt for a van,
which has been pinging cameras all along the carriageway.
The van has just gone through lane three. Er...
I think it's still in lane three.
I can see it just ahead.
Looks like there's two persons in there.
Flooring the marked Volvo,
the orange Transit is soon up ahead.
Let's move over. Oh, yeah.
After pulling in front...
...Rache activates the rear-facing "Follow Me" sign...
...which the Transit driver doesn't argue with
and they pull over for a chat.
Roads-policing Rachael is an advanced driver
and expert in stopping suspects on the road.
So far, this job is going like clockwork.
You all right? Hi, are you OK?
Reason we stopped you is the vehicle shows
you not to have any insurance, any tax or any MOT.
Oh, all right. Can you prove any of them?
Erm...
I dunno.
It's not a good start.
And Stewart piles on the pressure.
So, no tax, no MOT,
and there's no insurance showing.
Ancl also with your seat belt tucked behind the seat,
I should imagine you weren't wearing a seat belt either. No.
Checking in with HQ...
Can you just do a hash Bl, please?
It's A14. Truck stop.
...Stewart learns the driver is also disqualified.
And the list goes on.
I think that front tyre is gone as well.
Do you just want to have him for everything? Yeah.
You are under arrest for disqualified driving.
RECITES RIGHTS
OK.
OK? So, we're gonna further arrest you actually for no insurance,
no MOT as well.
The of fences mean the driver will be taken into custody
and the van seized.
And...
Can we arrange recovery for the vehicle as well, please?
And his problems keep stacking up.
I've got kit in the back that needs to get to this job.
What is it that you've got in the back?
Solar stuff.
"Solar stuff" is tech speak
for expensive renewable energy battery systems.
Where has it got to go to?
Two jobs.
But what part of the country are we...
Telford, Birmingham, and Gloucester.
Right.
The motor is carrying thousands of pounds' worth of kit
and it will be confiscated
unless Del and Rodney can get someone to collect it.
I've got a load of kit in my van and they are gonna seize the van
and they can't seize it with ten grand's worth of kit in the back.
I dunno, I dunno what to say.
It could be a costly day for this driver,
but he's hoping his luck will change soon.
I've had a nightmare, mate. Am I gonna be released today?
Don't know, it's gonna be down to the sergeant.
Tomorrow?
I wouldn't bet on it.
I'll have to leave it all, then.
And then he'll have to come and pick it up from these services, yeah?
Rache checks the van for any suspect packages.
Who's got the pony?
Me. Yeah?
And then another officer does the same for the driver.
DRIVER LAUGHS
It is cold out here, leave me alone.
It's all a bit of a laugh for these two jokers.
Get you going. Do something funny so we get on TV.
RACHAEL LAUGHS
MAN: What do I do? Not that.
But Stewart is not seeing the funny side.
He has no regard for any of the rules of the road,
the safety of any other members of the public.
Ancl he's just a selfish individual who doesn't care.
Ancl it's our job to remove these people from the road.
No insurance, no MOT.
No licence back, that's guaranteed.
I'm on the old Police Interceptors.
I am, look. Maybe.
MAN: Hopefully.
WOMAN OVER PHONE: 'Oh, my, only you, Luke.
'Today of all clays as well.'
Del Boy pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified,
driving with no insurance and MOT,
and for having a bald tyre.
He was served with a community order,
banned from driving for 17 months
and ordered to pay £200 in fines and costs...
Sorry. just wait there.
...leaving Rodders to find his own way home.
AS RODNEY: Tflffit.
Coming up...
...a runaway quad biker...
Failed to stop for us. ..runs into a whole lot of trouble.
You could quite easily have been wiped out there
and either seriously injured or fatally injured.
REVVING
He's off, he's off, get him.
Interceptors across the country
are trained to deal with anything on wheels.
REVVING
But there's one vehicle...
that causes them more headaches than most.
That quad clone a red light on the wrong side of the road.
Quad bikes are hard to pursue,
often ridden by people with no road experience
and with little thought to their safety or anyone else's.
They are a nuisance,
cos they ride with total disregard to anybody else,
pedestrians or other road users.
Nine times out of ten
they are not very accomplished riders.
Ride without helmets, they are a danger to them self.
Friday evening in the countryside near Kettering.
Riding shotgun with Sandra Payne...
Is that a quad bike with no plate on?
...Chris Locke has clocked a quad biker
with no licence plate...
Yes.
...and with no sense of left and right.
After making their presence known...
HORN BEEPS
He's gonna fail to stop.
...the lad tries to make a dash for it.
Erm, we're on the back road heading towards...
INDISTINCT
But you can't outrun the law
on an oversized lawn mower.
Now he's just stopped for us.
Why didn't you stop?
Cos I just got a bit scared, I'm sorry.
OK. I get a bit scared.
The quad doesn't look road legal.
What's your name, young man?
You got a driving licence? No.
And the same goes for the rider.
Got insurance for it? No.
RINGTONE Please don't answer that.
It's my girlfriend. Can I tell her? Tell her you'll call her back.
While Lockey tries to ID Casanova...
I'm just gonna try and find some sort of identification
and see if we can establish if it's stolen or not.
...Sandra does the same with the quad bike.
I think I've got Alpha Juliet Romeo Delta...
The quad isn't registered for road use.
There's a chance this bike could be stolen.
Whose is it? Mine.
So, it is yours? Yeah, I just got it.
Just a second ago. How much did you pay for it?
It's my friend's, I just borrowed it off my friend.
I was just going to ride home, it's not my bike. OK.
The lad is 16 and not making a lot of sense.
And Sandra thinks she knows why.
Your eyes look a bit spaced out.
Have you used any cannabis at all today?
Any other drugs? Yeah. I smoked a couple of joints earlier.
As a result of that,
we are gonna ask you to provide a DrugWipe.
Yeah. That tests for cannabis and cocaine.
Yeah.
Lackey checks for drugs.
Thank you very much.
And Sandra...
It's PC Payne from the Roads Policing team.
...tries to check out his story.
Well, if we can't confirm the ownership of the vehicle,
it will be getting seized as stolen.
The owner confirms he lent it to the teen.
Not illegal, but reckless and dangerous.
But the problem is you've given him permission.
He is 16.
You've given him permission
to ride this quad bike to the shops.
It has no insurance on it.
Over 1,000 people are injured in quad bike accidents each year.
And, given his driving,
the teen was lucky not to have joined them.
He's not wearing a helmet.
He's on the wrong side of the road on a blind bend.
Ancl he's really lucky we are not in a very serious collision
or a fatal accident.
Lockey returns with the DrugWipe
and the lad's luck continues.
Good news. Nothing in it, no cannabis there.
So you passed that.
But Sandra is not letting him off so easily.
Do you understand how serious it is?
You were on a blind bend on the wrong side of the road
with no helmet, no insurance,
and you could quite easily have been wiped out there.
Ancl either seriously injured or fatally injured.
That's... That's my own fault.
It is, but I don't want to scrape you off the road
and go and speak to people that love you and care about you.
I understand. I apologise for it.
Sandra is a family liaison officer
and loves nothing more than spending her downtime
with her kids.
So, dealing with this lad...
I think you just need to be...
...is second nature.
Bit more careful.
Yeah. No. Not careful.
Not an idiot.
He seemed polite enough. It's the first time I ever met him.
Seem to take it on board, he apologised for his actions.
Hopefully he'll go away and just reflect and think about it.
Ancl perhaps not do a similar sort of stupid thing in future.
Ancl if he's gonna play on a quad bike,
do it in a field where it is more appropriate with the right kit.
The sorry teen was reported for driving without a licence
or insurance and got a referral order
to the Youth Offending team.
The quad bike was seized.
All right. I'll see you later. Take it easy. Take care.