SIREN BLARES
JOHN THOMSON: This is Police Interceptors.
Get on the ground!
Police Interceptors in real life? I'll tell my kids about this.
And you're riding with the pride of Northamptonshire.
Speed, one-two-zero.
Ace pursuit drivers...
Contact, contact, contact. PILOT:NPAS-five-one.
..with air support...
Got two out. Standby.
DOG BARKING Come out!
..and a crack dog unit.
If you move, you will get bit.
MAN:Argh!
They bring down the bad guys... OFFICER:Police!
I believe you're wanted, mate.
OFFICER:Police with a dog! Stand still!
..keep the streets safe...
Put your arms behind your back. SUSPECT:I am!
Get on the floor! ..and battle 24-7...
Get down on the floor. ..in the war on crime.
PILOT:Crash, crash.
OFFICER:On the floor now!
Is what it is, innit? We find 'em, we lock 'em up.
Coming up...
OFFICER, ON RADIO: 'Failing to stop.'
..a dangerous driver and his wanted passenger
go for a spin.
You've got two red dots on you.
If you pull anything out on us, you're gonna get tasered.
A shocker in Northampton.
Stay back.
Taser, taser. Taser, taser!
TYRES SCREECH
And a doughnut at the Holiday Inn...
TYRES SCREECH
..gets his just desserts.
There he is.
Six-one, contact, contact.
A shadow's approaching the sunny town centre.
One of West Mids' most wanted has been spied on Northants' patch.
Wanted for suspected kidnap, stalking and assault,
he's believed to be in a silver A-Class Merc.
OFFICER:
SIREN BLARES
An unmarked armed-response unit is tracking the Merc.
And it's eyes down for a full house because the driver...
..seems up for a game of chase.
The Merc's two-up...
..with the suspect believed to be the passenger.
It looks like this driver wants to join him on the wanted list.
HORN HONKS
Another unit joins the pursuit.
And the growing convoy hurtles towards the M1.
Cops need to stop him reaching the motorway,
and their luck's in with the traffic.
Lady Luck saved some for the bad guys,
but they'll need more than luck to lose the four cops on their tail,
especially elite driver Paul "Bertie" Bertram
in a Beamer M340i.
The plan is to perform a box as Bertie takes the lead.
He's on the Merc's bumper and just needs to get past.
Bertie's a wizard at the wheel,
a TPAC-trained advanced driver
with over 20 years' worth of tricks up his sleeve,
including misdirection.
He sells a dummy, then unleashes the 368 of the Beamer's horses.
ENGINE ROARS
The Merc is now the filling between an interceptor sandwich.
But this driver seems a few sandwiches short of a picnic,
as he makes contact with the two-tonne ARV...
..and nearly loses it into the central reservation.
The pursuit is now only a few miles away from reaching the M1,
but will the interceptors be able to stop him
before there's mayhem on the motorway?
OFFICER, ON RADIO:
JOHN THOMSON: The interceptors are after a runaway Mercedes
in Northampton.
The passenger is wanted
for suspected kidnap, stalking and assault.
Bertie's pulled ahead of the Merc,
which is caught between two cop cars.
They need to stop it...
..before it hits the M1.
But with no way past Bertie's marked car at the front,
they plan to turn the screw from behind
then slow the whole thing down.
The runaway's not shy of a game of bumper cars.
But he's playing with the wrong drivers.
As Bertie continues the block, the ARV goes for the bash.
The armed-response coppers on scene have come prepared.
OFFICER:Roll over, or you'll get tasered, fella!
OFFICER:Stand up!
Get your hands up!
The passenger and driver...
You're nicked! You're under arrest! Get on your back! On your back!
Hands behind your back!
..feel the full force of the law.
Yeah, offender's here. Just lock him up, kid, now.
The passenger is confirmed as their suspect,
and both blokes are going in bracelets.
Right, you're under arrest for fail to stop, dangerous drive.
You don't have to say anything.
It may harm your defence if you don't mention when questioned
something you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
With the Merc driver willing to smash into the cop cars...
..the only way to bring this pursuit to an end
was to slow him down with the block...
..and finish with a perfectly executed tactical contact.
What's your name?
Sorry?
Right, you'll come to no harm if you're compliant.
Do you understand me? OK, OK, OK.
Thank you. Just behave yourself from now.
Just grab him a sec.
Despite risking their own lives,
the lives of the interceptors and the innocent members of the public,
the driver thinks it's all a big joke.
Bearing in mind what you've just done, do not laugh.
You could've killed people, you know that?
But the repercussions of his actions aren't so funny.
You'll go to prison for that.
The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous driving
and driving without a licence or insurance.
He received a 15-month suspended sentence,
a 24-month driving ban and had to pay over £1,000 in costs.
No action was taken against the passenger
for the alleged kidnapping.
However, for stalking and assault,
he received a 12-week suspended sentence
and a five-year restraining order.
Give us two seconds.
It's been a good result for the interceptors,
but they're not only highly skilled in stopping cars...
DRIVER:It's OK here, yeah? Just wait there for a second. OK.
..they're also pretty handy at getting them moving again.
If you just bunch up a little bit. You come forward.
Then you, come in here.
Take a step back.
The interceptors pride themselves on their negotiation skills.
You can go onto the other side of the road.
I just want you to stay away from me.
But there are some confrontations
that can't be resolved with talk alone.
OFFICER:Taser! Taser!
OFFICER:Get out! MAN SCREAMS
And there's nothing like a carefully aimed red dot...
Don't move, stay there. Stay there.
..to end a conversation.
TASER SNAPS, MAN SCREAMS
The benefit of having a Taser rather than spray or a baton is,
if you've got someone waving a knife or a sword around,
you don't wanna be that close cos, in the nicest sense,
theirs is gonna be bigger than yours.
With a Taser, you've got distance, so...
should you need to deal with someone who's uncompliant
and is likely to cause harm or injury to someone,
you've got a good 25 feet to deal with them.
You haven't got to put yourself in danger, basically.
Whereas the other bits of kit, you're more likely to get injured.
Early doors on Thursday morning.
DISPATCH:
SIREN BLARES
Multiple cars are responding to an assault in a supported housing unit.
Romeo-Papa-one-one, drop me on that as well.
And Chris Guttridge isn't far behind.
Staff at the unit are worried about the safety of the other residents.
Making threats, I believe, to somebody
and trying to break into a room and causing a bit of damage.
So, Chris floors his Beamer and zeroes in on the address.
OFFICER, ON RADIO:
Officers already on scene
report the suspect has locked himself in his room
and may be armed.
Public safety is the interceptors' top priority,
and, uncertain whether he's got a weapon,
they draw their Tasers.
This is the police. Can you answer me?
There's no reply, so the team enter with caution,
with Tasers at the ready.
Do me a favour, mate.
SUSPECT: What's up? What are you doing?
Where are you?
Can you just stand up for me?
What are you doing? Are you laying on your bed at the moment?
OK, I need to speak to you, so could you do me a favour
and just stand up and let me see you?
The man has violence markers,
and they suspect he may be getting ready to defend himself.
I just need to speak to you, so come here a second.
He's getting something. What are you getting?
That's a blade, mate. That's something metal.
The interceptors are on high alert.
What's he arrestable for? Common assault.
Stay where you are. Don't come any closer.
SUSPECT: Why, what? What is wrong, man?
Do me a favour.
OK. Do you wanna just say the words?
You're under arrest, OK? For common assaults.
READS SUSPECT THEIR RIGHTS
Anything you say may be given in evidence.
You've assaulted some staff here. There's an allegation.
I need you to... Don't know anything about it.
We'll get it sorted. Just follow my commands.
Turn around for me, place your hands on your head.
Mate, police officer with a Taser.
Around 50,000 cops are assaulted in the line of duty each year,
and Chris has no plans to be one of them.
Let's just get it sorted, yeah?
You're gonna take me back now and leave me there.
I don't wanna make this any more difficult, right?
You're gonna make this... You're making this difficult. Listen.
You're gonna make this difficult. Listen.
My colleague behind me has a Taser at the moment, OK?
So I don't want you to do anything... On me, I know.
I don't want you to do anything silly.
I don't want it to get...
The suspect's not complying
and appears to be reaching for something.
Just turn around. Take your hands out your pockets.
Hands out your pockets, do it now. Take your hands out your pockets.
You've got two red dots on you.
If you pull anything out on us, you're gonna get tasered.
Turn around, put your hands behind your back. Do it now.
SUSPECT MUTTERS Stay where you are.
Towards you, yeah? Stay there. Do not move.
He's got a history of violence and may be armed.
They're running out of options.
Stay back.
Taser, Taser. Taser, Taser!
Argh! Taser, Taser. On the ground now!
BLEEP
SUSPECT GROANS
Did you need to do that? Hands behind your back.
50,000 volts have done their job,
and it's on with the bracelets.
We told you to keep your hands out your pockets, didn't we?
One-one, subject secure.
You're all right, mate. You're OK, yeah?
SUSPECT GROANS You're sound.
You're sound now, ain't you, yeah?
A Taser shock can cause uncontrollable muscle contractions,
but the effects soon wear off.
We've got to take the barbs out of you first, all right? Yeah.
Right, ready? Are you ready to stand up, mate?
Yeah. One, two, three, onto your feet.
There we go.
Might be a little bit sore while we're just taking these barbs off.
A barb from the Taser is still in his leg.
Ah, ah, ah!
The little old "no-one's gonna hurt you". Argh!
And another one's lodged somewhere much more delicate.
Are we gonna say leave that one in and HGP do it, yeah?
Taser pulses can also temporarily affect brain and speech function.
Ain't even for you.
You're a paedophile protector.
But this bloke's mouth seems to be working just fine.
BLEEP.Get away from me.
The Taser team aren't going to let a few barbed comments shock them.
You're fine, mate. You're fine.
You gonna be all right in the back of there?
You're fine. Yeah, yeah.
But while they're happy to take a few insults on the chin...
BANGING Don't start that.
..threats to police property aren't taken so lightly.
Don't start being silly.
Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go. No. Just relax.
'He's come to the door, he's clearly intoxicated through something,
'quite aggressive towards us.'
We've heard something metallic, sounds like a knife or weapon.
He's putting his hand in his pocket. He's advancing towards us.
He's been challenged with Taser, and he's not stopped,
so he's been tasered.
He's absolutely fine.
Safely resolved the incident without any harm to anybody,
and should be off to custody shortly.
Mr Short Fuse pleaded guilty to three counts of common assault
and using threatening behaviour.
He received a 20-week suspended prison sentence,
100 hours of unpaid work and 25 rehab days.
It's a late spring evening in Northampton,
and while most of the town are already home from work,
Chris is back on patrol, this time with Callum Donoghue.
They're responding to the first job of their night shift.
We are going to a report of a vehicle driving erratically,
a Mercedes A200, at the Holiday Inn,
on the Bedford Road in Northampton.
The boys hammer it over to the three-star hotel...
..to check in on a five-star doughnut
doing laps outside reception.
TYRES SCREECH
Hotel guests filmed the wannabe boy racer
complete lap after lap of his very own Holiday Inn Grand Prix.
But this isn't Silverstone.
The whirling doughnut's no Lewis Hamilton,
and the only points he'll win
are the ones likely to go on his licence.
With Chris and Callum still a few miles away...
..Doughnut's dizzy enough to need a quick pit stop...
..where he comes face to face with another unit.
ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH
He can drive in a straight line after all.
The response cop's not pursuit-trained, so can't follow.
OFFICER, ON RADIO:
Luckily, Callum's passed every test there is...
There he is. ..and absolutely can.
Six-one. Contact, contact, Bedford Road.
General direction of town centre.
The target flies past at F1 speeds.
Vehicle is failing to stop. Can I have FIB on channel, please?
The Merc's in danger of disappearing.
But Callum hits warp drive and reins him in.
Lane two of two. Traffic is medium. No pedestrians.
DRA is low, and it's proportionate to continue.
The runaway raises the stakes as he goes wrong side of the tracks.
Offences in question at this time is a domestic TWOC.
Information comes in that the suspect's in his mum's car.
Left, left, green ATS.
But with driving this bad,
he's going to face more than just being grounded.
Victoria Prom, advanced TPAC driver, unmarked advanced vehicle.
Delivery driver ahead, ten o'clock.
High risk temporarily, nearly a collision.
Just Eat was nearly dead meat. The Merc missed him by inches.
And while the boy racer blows a red with no thought for other drivers,
Callum can't afford to be so reckless.
We're held at ATS, wait.
The runaway's disregard for the public
gives him a big advantage.
Temporary loss. Keep going straight.
And Chris and Callum have, once again, been held up by traffic.
Straight on, red ATS.
He's continued on, past the We Buy Any Car to the offside.
We're held, red ATS, temporary loss.
Against such a high-risk driver,
the odds were always against them on the busy roads.
Have you called up total loss? Yeah.
Yeah, it's total loss at this time.
Mate, we were never gonna keep up with him like that,
going through the traffic. He was driving like a nutter.
But the interceptors know that slippery fish inevitably resurface.
And with a net round the area,
it's not long before they land Mum's 40-grand Merc
and haul in the one that got away.
Doughnut's down at the nick,
where Callum and Chris drop in for a few words.
You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...
RIGHTS CONTINUE
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
The driver received no further action for taking his mum's car,
but for dangerous driving and other unrelated offences,
he received a total of 19 months behind bars
and a 38-month driving ban.
It's been a frustrating but ultimately successful end
to their shift.
I don't really know why he's driven the way he has.
He's now gonna lose his licence for,
essentially, a two-minute pursuit, which was a really bad decision.
But he's now gonna have to deal with the consequences
for the rest of his life.
His insurance is never gonna be cheap,
and he's probably gonna get disqualified
for a couple of years for it.
But we all have the choice in life,
and he's picked the wrong one today, unfortunately.
Still to come...
PILOT, ON RADIO: OK, he is continuing
weaving through the traffic at high speed. Over.
..a pursuit across multiple counties...
OK, the vehicle's off into the services.
..comes to a smashing end for Dan and the team.
This chap's under arrest for Section 4. He's off his face.
And a drug-fuelled driver on the M1...
What are they? SLURRED:Antibiotics.
Anti... Antibio...
Antibiotics. What for? Yeah.
..looks to be on more than just prescription medicine.
He is probably one of the most intoxicated people I've seen.
OFFICER:Temporarily high risk through a red ATS.
JOHN THOMSON: When a runaway makes a play too dangerous to follow...
Oh, it's an abort from us.
He's gone the wrong way down Bedworth Bypass.
..the interceptors have an ace up their sleeve.
PILOT:Yeah, NPAS-five-one.
Bedworth Bypass northbound, on the wrong way. Standby.
And with the eye in the sky...
NPAS-five-one, a crash, crash, Newton Road.
..guiding the game on the ground...
Got two out, standby.
OFFICER: Hands now! On the floor now!
Person on the ground nearest the road is gonna be your driver.
..it's always a winning hand.
NPAS is probably one of the most valuable tools that we can use,
mainly because they can have a bird's-eye view
of the whole situation, the whole pursuit.
So, NPAS just allows us that bit of time to back off,
formulate a plan, keep eyes on them and keep commentary
and tell us where they are, basically.
It's the wee small hours on Monday morning...
..and NPAS is tracking a Skoda Octavia on cloned plates
that's failed to stop for the West Midlands force.
PILOT, ON RADIO: OK, vehicle is still lane two, M6.
They don't know why the driver's made off,
but he's clearly got something to hide.
Light traffic ahead still as he approaches the Corley services.
The chopper's tracked the runaway Skoda into Warwickshire.
Vehicle's travelling in lanes two and three,
still passing a slow-moving vehicle at speed.
And it's heading for Northants at a high rate of knots.
OK, he is continuing weaving through the traffic at high speed. Over.
Good comms between air support and the units below
will be the key to stopping the target.
OFFICER, ON RADIO: Thanks. I've notified Northants.
They're asking if you can go onto their in-tops-three channel, please.
Next stop, Dan's just up ahead to try and get it stopped.
Northamptonshire ground units, including Dan Bradley-Brophy,
start to gather a greeting party.
We're just gonna head towards the M1 now,
just see if we can get in a decent position to try and help out.
ON RADIO:'OK, vehicle is moving to lane one, nearside.'
The Skoda's weaving its way towards a warm welcome...
He's undertaking lorries and the slow-moving vehicles,
and he's just about to approach junction 1, M6. Over.
..because units from all over the county are plotting up,
primed to intercept.
We'll head up to the north of the town,
just in case he should come off at 14
and come down towards Northampton.
And he's off on the 508, off on the 508.
However, the suspect's come off the motorway
and taken a different route.
Yeah. He's gone into... left into Mercedes Avenue.
Oh, he's just pulling up at the side at the moment. Over.
He's either trying to give the interceptors the runaround...
And looks to be doing a reciprocal back.
..or he's completely lost.
He's just slowing down. No, he's doing a reciprocal 180.
Standby.
But there's no escaping the eye in the sky.
OK, he's back on the roundabout at the A14.
Just half a mile away, Dan joins up with a firearms unit.
Tom, I think I'm with you now.
And the interceptors assemble...
RADIO CHATTER
..as NPAS guides them into their target.
I think we've got mobiles now with this vehicle.
The ground units finally have their prey in sight.
OK, the vehicle's off into the services,
north side of the 14, just up towards the lorry park.
He's going the wrong way down the road.
They clearly haven't a scooby where they're going
or that Northants' finest are about to pounce.
OFFICER, ON RADIO: 'Look to reinforce.'
When the driver pulls onto the garage forecourt,
the cops have a prime opportunity
to bring this two-hour, cross-country pursuit to a close.
Go, go, go, go, go.
OFFICER, ON RADIO: Are you with the vehicle?
'Yeah, mobiles are... Well, it's starting at the moment.
OFFICER: Armed police! Get your hands up!
OFFICER:Get out the car! Get out the car! Get on the floor!
Get on the floor now! On the floor!
Down on the floor now! Down, down!
Down! You're under arrest.
Down!
The driver...
and passenger are finally in bracelets...
..despite their best efforts to escape with a reverse ram.
And having tracked these guys for over 75 miles...
PILOT:NG from NPAS-five-one.
If it's in order, we'll head back towards base. Over.
..the eye in the sky bows out.
OFFICER, ON RADIO: 'NPAS, thank you very much.'
Back on the ground, it becomes clear
why they've been so shy of a meet up with the cops.
That's absolutely full of cannabis. Yeah, yeah.
So, in the back of the car, it looks like a load of gear
that we would suggest relates to a cannabis grow.
So, we've got plants, lamps, all that sort of stuff.
So, whether they've emptied it, stolen it, we'll find out.
But at the moment, we've got two in custody for it at the moment,
so great work.
These guys could've robbed a cannabis farm,
or it could be their own crop.
Either way, they're in it up to their necks.
SUSPECT:Can I please stand up?
Can I stand up now, please?
I don't want you standing up with your hands behind your back, mate,
cos you'll fall over.
Your trousers are also round your knees, mate.
That'd be funny on Channel 5. I'll get some more revenue.
He's a happy soul,
but the contents of his footwells are far from funny.
In the car,
there's a big carving knife on the footwell,
and a carrier bag full of cannabis as well.
So there'll be a few hundred quid's worth of cannabis there.
These two herberts are clearly up to no good tonight.
While Dan likes a trip to the zoo,
his real preference is to see criminals behind bars.
And one of the herberts has a confession.
The weed's mine, yeah?
I ain't fussed. I can't lie.
If youse lot didn't get it,
then I would've made it into edibles, yeah?
MasterChef's coughed to the weed, and the exhaustive search continues.
Oh. Is that a catalytic converter, is it?
I don't care about no long journey.
As for the herberts, their cross-country jaunt is over,
thanks to Northants and a little help from above.
Good teamwork between us,
and obviously, NPAS kept observations all the way through.
So, without them, I think we potentially could've lost that.
So, yeah, fantastic.
The case for possession of a knife in a public place
and possession of cannabis was transferred to another force.
Following an investigation,
the suspects received no further action
due to insufficient evidence.
Do you take drugs at all? MAN:No.
Once upon a time, it was tough to prove a driver
was under the influence of drugs.
Just get some saliva on the end of your tongue for me.
That all changed in 2015
with the introduction of a lick-and-nick game-changer...
It's testing positive for cocaine.
..the roadside drug wipe.
So, at this moment in time, you're under arrest, OK?
Why? On suspicion of drug drive.
Before, it was simply down to doing a fit test,
so a field impairment test,
and that's where you get people at the side of the road
putting their finger on their nose and trying to balance.
We were sort of limited with how easy it was to detect the drug.
But with the drug-wipe screening device,
it will tell us at the side of the road pretty accurately
if they're over the limit for cannabis and cocaine.
Drug wipes have driven a steady rise
in convictions of drivers influenced by coke or weed.
Unfortunately, some drivers use other drugs,
and catching them is a bigger challenge.
It's the morning shift,
and interceptor Tom Williams is invisible on the M1.
We're in the unmarked car today.
Advantages of the unmarked car
is obviously people don't know we're there.
So, it's kind of seeing people's true driving,
and it just gives us that element of surprise.
Touch wood, so far, everyone's been fairly well behaved.
It's a sunny day with clear roads.
RADIO BEEPS Roger.
But things look less rosy a few junctions ahead.
Call from the Highways Agency that they've got a car
that's in the live lane with the driver unresponsive.
Have to see what he's like when we get there.
Ah, here we go.
He's showing me ten-six.
I'll just put the matrix board on.
The driver's out of the car and all over the shop.
Hello.
Hello. How are you? You all right? Hello. You all right?
What's going on? Er, I don't know.
Why have you... What are you here for? Erm...
I... I-I... I don't know.
OK. Come and have a sit in my car for two seconds, mate.
I'm just gonna grab hold of your hand cos you're...
Nah! Nah, nah, nah. No, no.
Stop filming me.
No, he's not filming you, he's filming me, all right?
Is he? Yeah, he's filming me.
You're under arrest on suspicion of driving
whilst unfit through drugs, all right?
Pass me that hand.
Thank you.
I'll be putting the closure out. Cheers, buddy.
Let go of your vape. Let go of your vape.
As I say, you're under arrest on suspicion of driving
whilst unfit through drink or drugs at the moment.
You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
if you don't mention something you later rely on in court.
Anything you say may be given in evidence.
Those handcuffs all right for you? All right.
I'll go and sit you in the back of my car.
Six-one, you got an ETA for one-one?
OFFICER, ON RADIO: Just coming up to 16 now, mate.
Lovely. Cheers, mate.
This chap's under arrest for Section 4. He's off his face.
Just might need a hand with transport, if that's all right.
He might need a hand with transport to Tom's car.
RADIO BEEPS Cheers, mate.
All right, you plonk yourself in there for two seconds, mate.
All right. Is it your car, mate?
Yeah. Yeah? Watch your head.
Just before you get in, let me just quickly give you a search.
Just stand up a sec, bud.
What have you got on you? What?
What have you got on you, just cigarettes?
No. What are they?
SLURRING:Antibiotics... Anti... Antibio...
Antibiotics. What for?
Yeah. What for?
Huh? What for?
It looks like he's on more than antibiotics.
Do you wanna take a seat in there for me?
The question is, what?
Put that foot in there, mate. What's going on?
You're under arrest at this moment in time
on suspicion of driving whilst unfit through drugs, all right?
And the reason being, you're very unsteady on your feet, OK?
Your speech is very slurred,
and you've got white powder all up your nose.
OK. OK?
Could be a tough case to crack.
Are you known to the police for anything, mate? Erm...
Say again?
Are you known to the police for anything? No.
Have you got any medical problems, anything like that?
No. No, you're all good, yeah? No.
Six-one. Was an ambulance called? If so, cancel them.
There's nothing wrong with him.
I think he's just under the influence of drugs
rather than anything medical.
'Copied.'
His behaviour isn't consistent with cocaine or cannabis use.
He's more spaced out.
Though Spaceman is occasionally coming back to Earth.
Oh, no way! What?
I'm being filmed for this? Say again, bud? Yeah.
Tom isn't bothering with the roadside drug wipe
as he suspects this guy is on something other than coke or weed,
and he has the right to haul him into the nick for a blood test.
Right, what the plan is gonna be,
I'm just waiting for my colleagues to come down, OK?
And then we're gonna be taking you to custody, OK?
Yeah, you understand that?
It's pretty clear.
S-Say that again?
So, my colleagues are gonna be coming here very shortly,
and we're gonna be taking you to custody.
Police station. OK.
OK? We need to do some procedures with you
in terms of you potentially being under the influence
of drink or drugs, all right, mate?
I'm gonna go to prison, aren't I? No, not necessarily, mate.
I don't think so.
The driver has a date with custody,
where a blood test should provide some answers...
I think he's said to our Highways colleagues
that he's taken some ketamine.
..which might not be necessary.
It turns out Spaceman's told Highways
he's spaced out on ketamine,
an anaesthetic that distorts perception of sight and sound -
basically the M1's worst nightmare.
I know Highways said that he was unfit, but he is...
probably one of the most intoxicated people I've seen.
Clearly not fit to drive,
can't speak, can't walk, and has got the remnants of,
obviously, a good night last night up his nose still.
So, thankfully, he's only crashed into the barrier
and not someone else, cos I think he potentially could've caused
some serious problems on the motorway.
But thankfully, we've got him now, and we'll deal with him.
And once Rachel searches the car,
there's potentially more to deal with.
I've found what I believe is gonna be the drugs.
Just got a sealy bag of white gristly powder.
I've got his drugs. Beautiful.
You're further under arrest, mate,
on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, OK, mate?
OK. You're still under caution, all right, bud?
Under caution?
He's lucky he's not under six feet of soil.
He's lucky he hasn't killed himself,
but he's lucky he hasn't killed anyone else.
Come to rest in lane one of the M1.
At least we've got him, no-one's hurt, and he's not hurt,
and we can take him to custody and look after him there.
We're good to go, mate, all right? They're going.
The Spaceman who landed himself on the M1
pleaded guilty to drug driving
and received an eight-week suspended sentence
and a 29-month driving ban.
He also received a community resolution
for possession of a Class B drug.
No surprises there, given he coughed up to taking ketamine.
That is used normally as a horse tranquilizer,
you know, to put animals under sedation.
So the fact that he's been driving
whilst basically sedated beggars belief.
If he hadn't crashed into the barrier
and crashed into a family driving, you know,
we potentially could've been looking at fatalities on the motorway.
You know, you're driving a two-tonne killing machine
that you've got no awareness of, you know, what you're doing.
It's just a recipe for disaster, in my opinion.
Still to come...
You don't need to swear.
..a motorist with the munchies in Wellingborough.
That's it.
You've tested positive for cannabis. So at this moment...
JOHN THOMSON: Numberplate cloning is a growing problem in the UK.
The cops are keen to end that trend, and in Wellingborough,
firearms units have just stopped a Vauxhall Astra
they suspect to be on false plates.
Sandra Payne and Joe Wood are heading over to assist.
It's pulled over as if it was stopping,
taking a natural stop,
and then, as they've put their lights on next to it,
it's made off, albeit briefly.
And the clone could just be to disguise document offences,
or it could be more sinister,
used in crime.
Sinister or otherwise, Joe and Sandra are en route.
SIREN BLARES
The clone-mobile contained four wannabe TV stars.
SUSPECT: We're on Interceptors, man.
SUSPECT: Ah, we're on Interceptors, mate!
PC WOOD: How are you doing? All right?
Ah, are we on Interceptors? Big up!
SUSPECTS LAUGH Oi, that is mad!
What's your name, chap?
Jamie. Jamie, no worries.
Joe deals with one of the passengers...
This chap's been detained for a Section 1 search.
..whilst Sandra tackles the driver.
And where are you from? I'm from London.
You are from London.
He's already been arrested for no licence or insurance,
so it could be a long walk home.
What are you doing in Wellingborough at the minute, then?
What's the purpose of your journey? No comment.
No comment? No comment.
Tricky types, like the "no comment" kid,
don't phase a pro like Sandra...
..whose least favourite customers are drink and drug drivers.
Cos you briefly failed to stop,
I'm gonna ask you to provide me with a specimen of breath.
Have you had an alcohol drink in the last 20 minutes? No.
Have you had any mouthwash, dental preparation? No.
Cigarette or e-cigarette in the last five?
No, no, no, no. I did want one just now.
HE LAUGHS Is that cos of the stress?
Yeah, youse lot are stressing me out,
cos now I've gotta find my way home on foot, you know?
Keep going, keep going, keep going.
OK. Ooh, pushing it in my mouth.
That's zero. Zero! Told you.
There's no booze in his blood,
but there's something dodgy in his boot.
The cops suspect these are the Vauxhall's genuine plates.
Let me take my glasses off, get a good shot.
He's remarkably chipper for a man facing multiple charges.
I think I got excited cos I've never been on TV before, you know?
PC WOOD:There you go. SUSPECT:Am I free to go, yeah?
Yeah. Just stay away from these guys.
The bit-part passengers exit stage left
for the long trip home,
but there's a soft bed at the nick for the star of the small screen.
Can I have a cigarette?
No. You're under arrest. It's not allowed.
And it's not just fags on the superstar's rider.
All I wanted was a BLEEP and some crisps.
You don't need to swear.
Is the motor open? Yeah.
Denied treats, his mood seems to be changing.
I appreciate that.
Yeah, no, but I've tried to be nice. I have tried to be nice. Have I not?
I've not been disrespectful, not once.
Can you let me speak? Not once. Can you let me speak?
No, I'm not even gonna speak no more because it's just...
You know what? The respect is not being shown back.
OK. Joe's returned with a packet.
Unfortunately for the driver, it doesn't contain any crisps.
Have you done a drug wipe before?
What? Have you done a drug wipe before?
I done that with her, didn't I?
No, you did a breath test for alcohol.
So, because I've got reasonable grounds to suspect
that you've committed a moving traffic offence,
under the terms of Section 6 of the Road Traffic Act 1988,
I'm requiring you to provide a sample of saliva
for a roadside drug wipe.
Well, what if I don't?
Failure to do so without a reasonable excuse is an offence...
Yeah? ..and will render you liable to prosecution.
Do you agree to provide a sample of saliva for a roadside drug wipe?
No. Not yet. I want my solicitor.
And if not, what is your reason for refusing?
I want a solicitor first, please. OK.
Luckily, Joe knows a bit about the law.
Requesting a solicitor is not a reasonable excuse.
Before I say anything more, I want a solicitor, thank you.
That's it.
I'll ask you one more time. Are you willing at this moment...?
I'm willing. I'm willing, but not at this point.
So because you're not willing... I'm not refusing. No, I'm not.
..to provide me with a sample here...
You can hear me on camera. I am not refusing. I'm not refusing.
That is an offence, and that'll be liable.
And to really prove he's not refusing...
Right, go on, take the saliva. Go on.
Sit down, buddy. Just relax. Take the saliva.
I don't wanna sit down no more. I'm done with sitting down.
You do need to calm yourself down
because you're getting a bit excitable...
Listen, everyone just leave me alone, then.
..for not much of a reason.
Just stop talking to me, and then I'll be fine.
He seems to like opening his mouth,
which is perfect for Joe.
Stick your tongue out, nice and far, right out.
That's it.
You were all smiley a minute ago.
Well, I asked for a cigarette, that's it.
Took your saliva ting, take me to the station, let's go.
The saliva "ting" takes eight minutes to come through,
plenty of time to get to know each other a little better.
What's your name? Huh?
What's your name? Me?
Huh? Joe.
Joe? Mm-hm.
Nice to meet you, Joe. You too.
What's your name? Sandra.
Nice to meet you, too, Sandra.
And you. Nice to meet you, too, camera lady.
And now we're all best friends...
Let's hope we never meet again. What is it?
..we can't swerve tough conversations.
See it says "CL" there, control line?
What does that mean?
That means that for cannabis and cocaine, the test is working,
which is why there's a line at each.
Yeah. So, what is it?
Unfortunately for you, also under "TL", which is trace line...
Yeah. ..there's also a sign for cannabis...
Yeah. ..which means that you've tested positive for cannabis.
I can't lie.
So at this moment in time, 23:01... I'm under arrest, yeah.
..you're further under arrest on suspicion of driving
whilst over the prescribed limit...
No worries. I was nearly lucky, wasn't I?
..of a controlled drug, unspecified drug.
I'll just remind you that you are under caution, OK?
Yeah, no problem.
It's been a bad night for him,
but he's trying to look at the positives.
Oh, well.
A night away from the kids, eh? Good night's sleep.
Sleepy Head's nightmare turned into a reality
when he was banned for 12 months for drug driving,
and without a licence or insurance, and on fraudulent plates.
He was up and down, wasn't he?
He wasn't happy with me when the drug wipe came out.
And then at the suggestion
that he might not be coming into the cells if he passed it,
he was all nice again.
But it didn't work out for him in the end.
So, no, good result, getting him off the street.