SIREN WAILS
John THOMSON: This is Police Interceptors.
Get on the ground! Police interceptors?
A real-life one? I'm gonna tell my kids about this.
And you're riding with the pride of Northamptonshire.
Speed one-two-zero.
Ace pursuit drivers... Contact, contact, contact.
POLICE RADIO: 'NPAS five-one.' ..with air support...
'Got two out. Standby.'
DOGS BARKING Come out!
...and a crack dog unit. If you move, you will get bit.
MAN SCREAMING
They bring down the bad guys... Police!
I believe you are wanted, mate.
INDISTINCT YELLING ..keep the streets safe...
Put your arms behind your back. SCREAMING
Get on the floor.
...and battle 24/7... ENGINE REVVING
Get down on the floor. ..In the war on crime.
BRAKES SCREECH RADIO: 'Crash, crash.'
On the floor now!
Is what it is, innit? We find them, and we lock them up.
One-four, I'm with you. Coming up...
Think it's a decamp. Think it's decamp.
When you play the game of drones...
I think it's just to your left behind the fence.
...you get nicked. DOG BARKS
OFFICER: Show me your hands, and get up!
Get up now, or you'll get bitten.
King of the stingers. TYRES BURST
And... Move away from the dog!
Bad dog! ..man's worst enemy.
BARKING
He's clearly quite scared of clogs.
SHE LAUGHS
RADIO: 'Yeah, copied.'
It's the early hours.
I nte rce pto rs have spotted a stolen car.
And it's all systems go.
RADIO: 'A61 4 south.'
Cars are plotting up across the county,
cutting off escape routes and readying to box in the target.
Can we get on to Leicestershire, please, get them the early heads-up?
Multiple units, including Scott, are racing to intercept.
It's just been stolen about an hour or so ago in Kettering.
Scott once fell down the bank of the M1
trying to catch a swan,
proving they really can do you an injury.
He's more concerned with the potential jail bird tonight
as he looks to lock up the Merc thief.
RADIO BEEPS
One-four, I'll hold at junction seven,
just in case they're coming back eastbound.
Cars are plotting up across the county,
cutting off escape routes and readying to box in the target.
RADIO BEEPS Are you behind it, Ed?
But right now...
RADIO: 'No, no, but we were one minute from the fake reg.'
The only thing that's seen it are ANPR cameras.
Trying to hide the car out of the way.
RADIO: 'Which camera's the last activation, please?'
The net's tightening, though.
'We have contact, contact. A14, committed.'
The Merc's been spotted, and Scott's off to join the party.
ENGINE REVS
'I believe we're coming off at junction two.
'We'll try and get Steve's eye on the 5199.'
So, we've got a unit behind the stolen vehicle now.
RADIO STATIC Convoy of three.
Just trying to play catch-up with it.
The lead car tailing the Mercedes is unmarked.
RADIO: 'Left, left, left, A5199.'
But the target's constantly changing direction...
'Got a lead. Go left, left, left again.
'Unnamed road at this time.'
...which may mean the driver knows he's being tailed.
'I think it's unlikely they are gonna be
'not aware of my presence now - it's a very back lane road.'
One-four, I'm just coming off at junction one.
The cops smell a decamp, and they want to be ready.
'Central stolen Mercedes does keep slowing down
'every time they get the opportunity to try and create a bit of a gap.'
Scott's just a mile away. Ooh!
But that's an ocean in a year like this one.
It's been one of the wettest UK winters ever recorded.
Luckily, interceptors aren't afraid to get their wheels wet.
And that's how to go through flood water.
As Scott closes in, further north,
the Merc has pulled up just in front of an unmarked unit.
Watch yourself, watch yourself. TYRES SCREECH
Any doubts they know that they're being followed...
Get the lights on, mate. ..have been laid to rest.
Mercedes now failing to stop.
Merc now failing to stop.
Guiding in Scott and other units...
'Failing to stop. I suspect he's looking to decamp.'
...cops in the lead car are convinced
the suspected thief plans to bail out.
Left, left, then cross right.
He's gonna be on his toes in a second, I suspect.
Scott's almost there.
There they are. I can see tail lights.
One-four, I'm with you.
He tucks in behind the lead car.
It's off-road now, off-road.
...which has just been outmanoeuvred.
I'm not able to take that.
ARV, go off-road, just there, back there.
ON RADIO: 'Pulled off road. We cannot follow in our vehicle.'
The runaway has gone off-road and crashed into a fence.
Think it's a decamp, think it's decamp. It's got stuck.
They can't get to the fleeing driver.
'Yeah, looks to have decamped, decamped.'
And there's a whole lot of dark to hide in out there.
I believe there was only one person, white male.
The suspected car thief could be anywhere.
OFFICER ON RADIO: 'Yeah, copied.'
SIREN WAILS
JOHN THOMSON: Interceptors are after a suspected car thief
in a hot Mercedes.
Got a unit behind us following the vehicle now.
He's led the cops to the wilds of the county...
Ooh!
...taken the scenic route...
'Gone off-road. We cannot follow in our vehicle.'
...and legged it in the dark.
Think it's a decamp. Think it's decamp.
It's a dodgy needle in a pitch-black haystack,
but interceptors can cover a lot of hay.
Scott, you got the drone to our location, please?
Yeah, I'll get it up.
Northants Police boast 41 trained drone operators.
Scott, how far are you off with the drone?
Just getting it set up now. And Scott's the newest of them all.
Drone's going up.
'Looked at the map.'
This is Scott's maiden flight in the field.
A lot rests on his rookie drone skills,
but he's not alone.
Track on.
We're thinking he's abandoned it here,
and we've made the assumption he's probably come through that gate,
but to be fair, we don't know that.
Police dog Rocky is also tracking the runaway.
Scott, where I'm stood, there's a track in front of me.
Rookie and Rocky need to work together
and stay sharp to find their needle in the dark.
Charlie, if you stop at the unmarked,
that's where...
You know, sort of hook a right, that's where they are.
That's where the car's decamped.
I reckon in front of it is a set of woods.
I'm trying to scan over that wood,
see if I can pick any heat signatures up
through the middle of it.
Got the dog handler there now, and then...
'Romeo-Papa-one-four, receiving? Control.' Go ahead.
DOG HANDLER: Wait. Wait.
Scott, can you see us shining our torches at you?
I can see you on the screen.
Rocky's had no joy picking up a scent,
and it's up to Scott to marshal their various resources.
ARVs, for your information,
they seem to be tracking a little bit further up
from where you are at the moment.
The dog handler's... 'Yeah, roger.'
...they're all mapped, so what I'll do is
I'll focus my search in this general direction.
In such a big area,
everything hinges on the drone finding a tell-tale heat signature.
Er, appears to be... something there.
Scott's locked onto flesh-and-blood thermals.
That's a horse or something similar.
But they've backed the wrong horse, and time is running out.
BEEPING
The drone's been up for 15 minutes, and its battery is running low.
'Foxtrot-Yankee-two-zero.'
Keeping one eye on Rocky... There they are.
Rocky, track on.
...one on the surrounding area...
Dog handler, I've got a slight heat source to your right,
where the dog is, to the right of the dog.
Scott goes all in on an outside bet.
Got a slight heat source. I can't determine what it is.
Scott, where I am, where's this heat source?
About a metre further forward.
Sort of to your left now. Ancl then to the right.
Last bets.
But have they backed the right runner this time?
It looks like it might be coming from
underneath that gazebo-type thing in front of you.
Warm...
Where is he, boy? ROCKY BARKS
Warmer...
Someone's shining their torch at it. It's that gazebo in front of you.
DOG BARKS We got him.
Disco!
Mate, come out under there. Come out under that.
Come out now and show me your hands!
Come out and show me your hands!
Show me your hands and get up!
Get up now, or you'll get bit! DOG BARKS
Get up now, or you'll get bit!
Move the thing out of the way. Move it out. Kick it out. Kick it.
Stand up and face the wall.
Face that.
Right, you're under arrest, all right?
As first flights go, it couldn't have gone better.
Yes, got him from the drone.
One detained.
DOG BARKS
Got anything on you, any sharps or anything?
Knives, weapons? Oi!
Answer me. Any knives or any weapons?
SUSPECT: I don't understand.
The next challenge, get their runner to the cars.
Yeah, I'm gonna push it.
He's not exactly Red Rum, but he's over the fence...
All right. There you go, jump down. You OK? Yeah.
...and into a traffic car.
Take a seat in there, please, young man.
Wallet's in the right pocket...
Hats off to the whole team.
Cracking job clone between myself,
the initial pursuing officer and the dog handler.
So, erm, police one, criminals niL
I'm buzzing. One in custody.
Buzzing! Scott may be buzzing...
Right, let me bring the drone back. BEEPING
...but his kit's beeping like '80s electro.
Just as the battery's died as well, so, yeah, can't complain at that.
BEEPING
RADIO: 'Er, can I pass you the details
'of this gentleman and his Lexus, please?'
Touchdown.
Yeah, all the other three doors are locked,
so it is gonna be just the driver that was in it.
So I think we definitely have our man.
Ancl he's also well-known for key less thefts,
so he's bang at it.
Jobs don't get better than this.
Unless, of course, they do.
Mate, what's your name?
Because firearms cops have just caught a second man,
who they believe is the Merc driver's accomplice.
We've now got the vehicle
that's brought them to steal the car,
with all the kit used to steal it.
So two in custody and one crime group now dismantled.
Amazing.
The runner, tracked by drone and reined in by Rocky,
is awaiting a charging decision for theft of a motor vehicle,
fail to stop, dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
The alleged accomplice,
who was caught with kit for copying car keys,
was convicted of handling stolen goods
and driving without a licence or insurance.
Plus numerous unrelated of fences,
including theft of a motor vehicle.
He was banned for 28 weeks, had to pay £187
and was sent down for 45 weeks at His Majesty's pleasure.
A member of the public has flagged us down
cos they said they've just had someone
jump in their back garden and steal their dog.
We're a nation of dog lovers.
Where?
Down the road.
And the interceptors are no exception.
Very cute. And soft.
They love little dogs...
I know. We'll get you home in a second.
...big dogs... BARKING
You frightened me there.
...clever-clogs sniffer dogs...
Good boy!
...even big softy tracker dogs.
Good lad! Who's a good boy?
I mean, who wouldn't love a face like this?
And one cop who certainly has a soft spot for man's best friend
is dog handler...
Is it Rothersthorpe village?
...Lucy Sculthorpe.
Sorry, boys, you were gonna get out for a wee.
She's out tonight with police dogs Bryn and Socks.
BARKING
RADIO: 'The gate is just over this mound.'
OK, mate, thank you. I'll be as quick as I can.
There's no rest for the wickedly committed.
The caller's reported...
a male that she thinks is stealing fuel from vehicles.
Might be that, might be something else suspicious,
but it's certainly something unusual.
ARVs have got there
and located what they think is the vehicle
that's linked to...
potentially, a suspect, but there's nobody with it,
so we're gonna go and see if we can track with Bryn
and see if we can find a suspect.
But the village itself is very rural.
When Lucy arrives at the scene of the alleged thefts...
Hello, mate. Where do I need to start?
...there's a pretty big clue that their suspect is still in the area.
I mean, he isn't going anywhere, is he?
Especially not if we've got his car.
And a pretty big clue someone's been up to no good.
Have we had a look in here? ls the fuel...?
Very briefly had a look in there.
I can smell fuel, and his fuel cap's open.
Right, OK. I'll get Bryn out and go from here, then.
One character who can smell a whole lot more than that
is police dog Bryn.
BRYN BARKS
Bryn's favourite day out is the beach.
Despite being a German Shepherd,
he stays off the sun loungers, preferring ball games.
Oh, and a Mr Whippy.
Bryn, come here.
Which, which, which, which way?
But at work, Bryn's all business.
Bryn, here.
Ah, no.
Get on. Get on. Get on.
There are clues not far from the suspect's car.
There's stored fuel in here, jimmy.
Bryn, no.
Yes, yes, but there's no way through.
And they're not hard to follow.
I've found an attacked vehicle.
This 118 rescue vehicle, it's had its fuel stolen.
Right, we're gonna try and get into this field, I think.
I'm just trying to work out where the scent goes.
So, he's tracked really strongly up to here.
I'm just gonna try and put him in the field
and see if we can get anything in there.
UP, UP. Go on.
Good boy.
Right, I'm in the field.
Here.
I think he might still be in this garden.
Lucy's being watched over from on high.
Max, have you got me on the drone?
Just keep an eye on me on live location.
But she doesn't need protection with a loaded Bryn by her side.
I think he's here somewhere. Dog's going nuts in this field.
Find him. Steady.
Steady, steady, steady.
BRYN WHINES Here, here.
The dog's indicating into a premises.
It's got, like, a big circular structure into it.
Bryn, wait.
Lucy says Bryn's the best tracking dog she's ever had.
His record is a two-mile track over tricky terrain,
with an arrest at the end.
This track's really strong,
and nobody else would be stupid enough to come down here.
And nothing's going to stop the master tracker
completing this assault course...
LUCY GRUNTS
...even if Lucy's making harder work of it.
Wait. Wait.
Wait.
LUCY PANTING
SUSPECT SHOUTING: Argh! No!
Bryn! Bryn!
Out! Right, get out!
Bryn's found what he was after -
a man who stinks of diesel cowering by a water butt.
Right, do not move!
OK. Do you hear me?
Move... Move away from the dog. BRYN BARKS
No dog! Move away from the dog.
Few things are more frightening than a barking Bryn in your face...
I've had to bring the dog over a fence... No, no, no!
...and I'm the other side.
...but a barking Bryn without Lucy is one of them.
Hands! Let me see your hands!
Mercifully, Framey's arrived from the other direction.
Sir, sir, no... Stand up and walk towards me!
Stand up? Stand up and walk towards me!
Do it now! I no understand.
Do it now! Walk towards me now!
To you? Yes! I've no English.
Walk! Walk!
Walk towards me! Yeah, I go to you.
Right, keep walking.
Turn and face the wall! Face the wall!
I no understand, sorry.
Put your hands in the small of your back. Yes.
Right, drop to your knees. To your knees! Yeah, yeah.
To your knees. Yeah, no... Yeah, no problem.
You're under arrest on suspicion of theft. Do you understand that?
No. I'm not English.
His English isn't great.
OK, roll towards me... Yeah. ..and I'll put you up on your bum.
OK? Sit up.
Sorry. Sit up. Like that.
Stand up. Thank you.
Thank you, sir. OK, don't move.
I'm no English understand perfect.
At least he spoke enough German Shepherd to know not to run.
That's the keys. Keys for what?
Yes, keys. Car?
Car key? Yeah, car keys.
What sort of car?
My car. What sort of car? Audi?
Audi, my car. Yeah. Yeah.
Just no dog, please. I'm scared of dogs.
It's your lucky night, then (!)
Let's walk you out of here. No, there's dog.
Yeah, dog's fine. Dog's up there. Don't worry about the dog.
Dog's with her handler. Don't worry. You'll not get bit.
Keeping him well clear of Bryn...
This way, then. Chariot awaits.
Dog no come? Walk this way.
Please, no dog.
The interceptors lead the dog-lover back to the cars...
Mind your head, mate.
...while Lucy confirms he wasn't injured.
Has he been nibbled, or not? Not as far as I'm aware.
He sounded like he had, but I don't know if he was just scared.
No, he was just scared. Oh, that's fine, OK. Cool.
Wonderful. That's what we like.
It's a scientific fact that dogs can smell fear,
so this was probably the easiest track of Bryn's career.
Generally, the stronger the scent is on a track,
the stronger he will pull me.
Because he wants to get to that person
because that's the end of the game for him,
and he gets his reward.
He's jumped over that fence right at the end by himself,
which he wouldn't normally do cos it was quite high.
Erm... and then, obviously, the bloke's screamed
cos he's almost landed on top of him.
He's clearly quite scared of clogs.
SHE LAUGHS
After investigation, no further action was taken
against the dog-lover that Bryn scared half to death.
Though it won't have done his fear of canines any favours.
In the meantime, the master tracker
has earned a refuel at his favourite fast-food joint.
Well, he had a cheeseburger last night for his prisoner.
If they've got a McFlurry, that's his other favourite.
RADIO: 'Yeah, just doing it now.' McResult!
BARKING, SHE LAUGHS
Coming up...
We've got all of the front tyres,
and I think we've also got that back tyre as well.
...stung by a stealth Bomber.
Didn't even know you was there, mate.
I know, cos I'm like a ghost.
...burglars in the burbs...
Yeah, one-two, confirmed break. He's, erm...
smashed in the rear door, gained access.
...and things get spicy with a driver from Chile.
The car's coming with me anyway. Huh?
The car's... The car's coming with me anyway.
Hold on, hold on. Hold on.
Hold on.
You are getting out of his car.
Let's go.
NARRATOR: When it comes to being prepared...
...interceptors take a leaf out of another crime fighter's book
and tool up like Batman...
...packing everything from 50,000-volt Tasers...
CRACKLING Argh!
...and eye-watering PAVA spray...
Six-one. Male's been tased and sprayed.
...to telescopic jab sticks full of sedatives...
We've got authority from the local vet.
...and tyre nibblers called stingers.
RADIO: 'Vehicle's stung, vehicle's stung.'
What it is is a long...
bed of nails.
There's a load of hollow spikes,
and they will stick into a car's tyre and slowly deflate the air.
It's almost impossible to keep driving without tyres.
Flying through town on four intact tyres,
Bomber's bagged the early shift.
It's a midweek morning.
We're gonna be patrolling the north side of the county today.
From briefing,
there's a white transit van
that's been moving around on cloned plates.
We need to get that stopped.
We need to find it first.
Right, this is the van. We're going.
The cloned van is a way away.
It's hit the ANPR cameras on the other side of the county.
We're gonna try and put these pre-emptive tactics on
and get it stopped,
hopefully before they know we're there.
The plan is to stop the van
before the driver has a chance to get his foot down.
Come on!
Which means Bomber needs to get ahead of it.
One of my colleagues is behind the car now.
They're in a marked car.
There's a good chance they're gonna get caught up.
Romeo-Papa-six-four.
Confirm it's gone towards Geddington?
'Yes, yes.'
Rogen
I'm heading towards Boughton roundabout now,
the Boughton House roundabout.
So I'll look at getting a stinger site
in Geddington for you.
'That'd be lovely.'
We'll do well to get this out.
Bomber's worked his way in front of the target van,
but it'll be here in a matter of minutes.
Got to find a stinger site quick.
The interceptor needs somewhere to hide
so the driver doesn't spot him with a stinger.
'He's at the bridge.' This bridge.
Have I got any cover?
No.
INDISTINCT RADIO COMMS
No.
'Yeah, copied.
'Haven't really got the clearance at the moment, though.'
Yeah. Here is gonna be the best bet.
Just... just trying to get it set up now.
Bomber's wanted to be a cop since he was a nipper,
and he needs to get a wiggle on
if he's gonna nip the target with a stinger...
It's gonna be where the crossing is.
...because the van's due any second.
Stinger site is set up at the level crossing...
...after the pub.
Stay sharp, Bomber.
Because this is it.
AIR HISSES
Bullseye!
Hidden from sight, Bomber hauls the stinger across the road,
and its spikes bite.
He then pulls the device clear
just in time for the pursuing patrol car...
...to fly by untouched.
With flat tyres, the van's soon stationary.
Out the car, mate. Come out of the car.
At this moment, you're under arrest. All right? Why?
Cos this is a cloned motor vehicle. OK?
Put your arms out for me. I didn't know it was cloned. OK.
Stand over there, get some formalities clone first.
This guy's saying he doesn't know anything about it,
he's just bought it, so that may well be the case,
but either way, it's definitely a clone.
He can't possibly have any documents for it.
I never knew that was on plates.
I just bought it.
I bought it literally, like, a couple of days ago.
Who did you buy it off?
I don't know. I've got no logbook for it or nothing.
But I never knew it was on cloned plates or nothing.
Either way, he's getting nicked.
Are you known to the police at all? You got a full driving licence?
No, I ain't got nothing, man. You haven't got anything?
You got a provisional, anything like that? No. No?
I ain't gonna lie to you. That's right, mate.
It's fair to say Bomber's handiwork came as a shock.
I swear to God, it scared me, that did. I had no...
Not you. Obviously, you scared me, behind me, innit,
but that stinger, man. It's never happened to me before.
And I didn't know the van was on plates. I honestly didn't know.
We'll get to the bottom of it, won't we?
Ultimately, the main issue at the minute
is you've got no licence, no insurance, anything like that.
Yeah. I'm not disqualified or nothing.
Just never had a licence? No. I'm not disqualified.
I would never have jumped behind that wheel if I was disqualified.
I shouldn't be behind the wheel. Know what I mean?
We do indeed.
Who stung me? Me.
Oi! He had it in for me. He stung me.
I haven't got it in for you. I didn't even know you were in it!
Huh? I didn't know you were in it!
I didn't even know you was there, mate.
I know, cos I'm like a ghost.
He said to me, "I didn't even know you were there."
Which is exactly what we wanted as a pre-emptive.
You think if I knew that stinger was there,
you think I would have gone straight over it? Oi!
LAUGHING: Man said they think I knew the stinger was there!
That's the stinger all collapsed. We've got... We've lost...
spikes along two rows, so we've got all of the front tyres,
and I think we've also got that back tyre as well.
So two, maybe three, tyres.
This type of vehicle, cos obviously, it's a van,
we don't know what it's carrying,
but it's a heavier vehicle than most cars.
So pre-emptively stinging it was the best option for us, really.
By taking the speed out of it, it reduces the risk for us
and other members of the public.
The stung van isn't the only thing running slowly.
Why didn't you put your blue lights on, man?
I would have pulled straight over.
FEMALE OFFICER: Why you shouting now?
We've been here 20 minutes. I know. just waking up, that's why.
But the driver gradually gets up to speed.
Did you follow me from Wellingborough? No.
You did, innit? Huh?
You did. You swung on me in Corby town.
I knew you swung on me, innit, yeah?
Unlike his motor, there's no stopping his mouth.
And it did not take all these coppers this quick, yeah,
to get to here.
You seen me, and you just thought, "Let's have Danny.
"It's been a long time since I've had him, so..."
And now he just wants to get his van back.
Do I get it back, then, or what?
But you're gonna have to get the original plates put on it. Huh?
Have to get the original plates put on it. Yeah, obviously.
And you'll have to pass your driving test!
Obviously!
What? What?
No further action was taken
regarding allegations of cloned plates.
But motor mouth pleaded guilty
to driving without a licence and insurance.
He had to pay fines and costs of £256
and got eight points on any future licence,
which finally took the wind out of his sails.
What type of licence do you hold?
Checking someone's qualified to drive
isn't always straightforward.
So, before, you had a Spanish? Yeah. What licence do you have now?
Now, Romania.
A Romanian licence? Yeah.
But with an estimated 470,000 drivers on Britain's roads
not possessing a valid driving licence...
I'm not convinced he's got a licence.
He's got two date of births on PNC.
...the benefit of the doubt...
Have you got a driving licence?
Be honest. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
...is not in an interceptor's playbook.
Have you got a licence? No.
When we stop someone, if we're not...
If he's got a licence, brilliant.
And if we're not sure at the roadside, then were risk...
By allowing him to drive off, we're risking other people's safety.
Paul and Harrison are on the afternoon shift,
and a car with markers for a disqual driver
has just pinged an ANPR camera.
Hopefully, it'll be in this traffic up ahead.
Eyes peeled for a white hatchback with a dodgy driver.
There it is.
Really? Yeah.
Reports of a disqual driver.
Paul has doubts that the old boy at the wheel is their man.
Not that old people don't disqual drive, but...
...|'m gonna put it out there
that he might have just bought this or something.
Whether or not he's pulled hangs in the balance.
But heavy traffic tips the scale.
There's a queue behind us. 'Insured on 1st of April.'
If the traffic's really heavy... I'll just get him to pull in here.
Hello, sir. You all right? Can you just follow my colleague,
follow the police car, please, and pull in the left-hand side?
It's not exactly a high-speed stop.
Not a conventional way to stop it, but you never know.
But with Paul's car in front and Harrison behind,
it's a tidy town centre TPAC.
You all right? You all right to put the handbrake on?
But is this their disqualified driver?
Have you got a full licence?
I have a provisional licence, and I have an abroad licence.
I'm entitled to drive here for a year.
Apparently, he has a provisional UK licence
and a full foreign one.
I send the licence for renewal.
You sent it for renewal?
A provisional wouldn't cover him without I plates
and a qualified driver alongside,
so a lot hinges on his foreign licence.
What is your driving licence? Yeah? Which country?
Yeah, er, Chile.
Chile? Yeah.
I'm entitled to drive one year.
OK, thanks for telling me that. I didn't know.
It's true. A Chilean licence would cover him here for 12 months.
But Harrison has his doubts.
I'm not gonna be surprised here if he hasn't got a licence. Mm.
I'm gonna ring Immigration.
Paul decides to check how long the driver's been in the country.
Yeah, I'm ringing Immigration.
PC Clooney likes to be in possession of the facts.
Clooney. As in George.
And in this case...
1959, born in Chile.
...they aren't going to do the suspect any favours.
When did he come in the country? '2006.'
2006?!
The driver first came to the UK around 17 years ago.
Wow.
Hmm.
Paul knows all about spin.
He represented Great Britain at table tennis.
And he's about to lob the ball back into the driver's court.
And when did you come to England?
2005.
So why, earlier, were you saying
that you can drive in this country for a year
when you came in this country in 2005?
Because I've been discriminated.
Pardon? I've been discriminated.
I've been try to get the full...
the full UK licence... Eighteen years?
For 18 years?
Last time his Chilean licence was valid here,
Tony Blair was Prime Minister.
But you've been here 18 years. Yeah.
So I think you've gone above and beyond
driving here for a year.
I was abroad, and I came back.
It doesn't matter. And I'm gonna say that you're driving
whilst otherwise in accordance with a licence.
So pass me your car keys so you can't drive off.
Pass me your car keys. No, I cannot pass you.
Sorry? Why I have to pass my car keys?
Because I'm taking your car.
WOMAN: Not fair. So, I don't...
No, you told me the law, now I'm enforcing it.
Not if the driver has anything to do with it.
Sorry, sir. OK, I'll arrest you, then.
That's fine. What?
I'll arrest you. That's fine. Why? Because I'm taking your car.
For otherwise in accordance with a licence.
We either go to the police station, or you give me your car.
Er, stand by.
Let's go.
What... What about my car?
Well, the car's coming with me anyway. Huh? The car's...
The car's coming with me anyway.
Sir, please! Hold on, hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.
WOMAN: Sorry! You are getting out of his car.
No, no, no. Right, listen.
WOMAN: We are sorry. Why?
We are taking this car, whether you like it or not.
I cannot do nothing, though. Calm down, then.
So we don't have to go any further than this.
Calm down, then, so we don't have to go any further than this.
I've calmed down. We're taking the car.
You're the person who's getting aggressive with me. No.
Because you're refusing to let me take your car.
BUt Why?
Because you're otherwise in accordance with a licence.
WOMAN: Sir, sir, please, please.
Right, we're taking the car, end of.
HARRISON: Step out of the car for me, please.
Absolutely not necessary. Stand on the path.
The driver still doesn't think he's done anything wrong.
You're not gonna believe me.
I've been trying to get my licence, my full UK licence.
Every time, when I go to take the test, they turn me down.
It turns out the people who "turned him down"
were driving test examiners.
I've been discriminated. No, you need to pass the test.
It's not about discrimination, it's about passing the test.
Discrimination against bad drivers!
You need to do a full UK licence if you're staying in this country.
It's not just you, it's everybody.
Everybody in this road, everybody in this town.
Well, I'm never gonna get it. I mean, I'm a foreign guy.
I still have a British passport.
So, you're saying the system's racist?
I think it works different for...
No, that's absolute rubbish.
If my colleague's finished with you, you're free to go.
But that's absolute rubbish.
Become a better driver and pass the test. How about that?
Were you finished with him?
I've been trying many times to get the full UK licence,
and I've been discriminated in this country.
I take the test four, five times. Yeah.
I went different places.
Leicester, Wellingborough...
Leicester, Wellingborough, Birmingham. Different places.
Discrimination, xenophobia against foreign.
It's overwhelming.
Not discrimination.
He's had 18 years to be able to go and get his licence sorted.
Pull your finger out, knuckle down, get your driving test sorted here.
Our man from Chile was issued with a fixed penalty
for driving without a licence.
He requested a court hearing,
was found guilty as charged and ordered to pay £155.
HORN HONKS
Coming up...
Police officer with a Taser.
Anyone here, make yourselves known now!
...home is where the grass is.
Yeah, found a cannabis grow.
They've converted rooms on both the second and third storey.
Roughly 50-ish plants, spread across two rooms.
The downstairs grow room is the best one,
and we've got four grow rooms.
NARRATOR: Cannabis-related crime was once thought to be low-level.
Now it's big business, attracting organised crime.
You get the organised groups
that will rent a house and convert every single room
bar, say, a bathroom or kitchen, into a grow room.
And with million-pound grows increasingly common,
it's no surprise cannabis gangs are playing dirty.
You quite often have gangs that...
They'll hit each other's cannabis grow houses.
They wanna stop their competitors, as it were, in their tracks.
It's just about making sure that we...
RADIO BUZZES
RADIO: 'Burglary in progress at Portland Place.'
Rob's take on weed farms will have to wait
due to a burglary in progress.
There are people that can see others trying to get into a house.
It's in Northampton?
'Last they said was, about four minutes ago,
'they were still inside.'
If we get there sharpish enough, we might find them there.
"Sharpish" is Rob's middle name.
Well, actually, it's Ben.
But as a pursuit-trained advanced driver in an M340i,
it may as well be.
And on clear 3am roads...
just about to go, ten-six.
...he's on scene before you can say, "Fasten your seat belt."
INDISTINCT RADIO COMMS
Which, that way? Back lane, left.
What are they wearing?
The burglars haven't hung around.
Four men have been seen making a run for it.
He said there's at least four of them.
They're all in black, ballied up.
Reports describe a gang in balaclavas
who may have weapons.
He reckons they're tooled.
While the search party hits the streets...
Which one is it they've got into, mate? This one?
...Rob moves in to secure the scene of the break-in.
RADIO BEEPS
Yeah, one-two, confirmed break.
They've, erm...
smashed in the rear door, gained access.
Odds on we're not dealing with Raffles the gentleman thief.
'R0ger.'
The house is as quiet as the grave.
And Rob heads inside to investigate.
Hello, police. Anyone in?
He secures the downstairs without a peep from anyone inside.
Police officer with a Taser!
Anyone here, make yourselves known now!
No-one's making themselves known,
but something's making Rob's nose twitch.
Er, one-two. I think it's gonna be a grow.
Bear with me.
Following that trusty trouble detector,
the intrepid interceptor
hacks his way through the suburban jungle...
...along Transformer Alley...
Police officer with a Taser!
Anyone up here, make yourselves known now!
...up the Staircase of Ventilation...
...to the Curtain...
...of Truth.
Yeah, it's a confirmed cannabis grow.
They've converted rooms on both the second and third storey.
It's a modest grow.
'How many plants are we looking at?'
Two, three, four... Four fours are 16.
Let's say it's double that upstairs for the size. 16, 32...
Er, I'd say roughly 50-ish plants, spread across two rooms.
About 40 grand's worth.
But Rob thinks there was growing room in this outfit.
They weren't finished. They were in the middle of, I think,
converting a couple more rooms in the property.
Looks like the burglars struck out.
I don't think they've had an opportunity
to actually take anything yet, though.
And it looks like Mystic Rob's a clairvoyant
who speaks of gangs robbing cannabis grows
only for it to come to pass immediately.
Ironically, four persons, all masked up, ballied up,
have broken into this property.
They probably would have known that it was a cannabis grow,
and they've clone it either in an attempt
to deal with the person that's growing it,
or it might have been to have got in there
and taken quite a lot of the produce
and other things in there that's worth something,
before they were disturbed by a neighbour.
The four masked runners haven't been found.
Probably organised enough to have a vehicle to get away.
But it's a lose-lose for two groups of drug dealers.
They haven't had an opportunity to take it and sell it,
and we're gonna be able to deny at least two of the groups
that are looking to use it the opportunity to do so.
Plants seized at the house were destroyed.
No further action was taken regarding the potential burglary.
Whether their narrow escape deters the culprits
from future break-ins, only Mystic Rob can say.
Talking about it, it's almost like we've manifested that.