Suspected car thief and drug driver snared by police on Lincs border

A suspected car thief and a drug driver were snared by police during an overnight operation aimed at tackling rural crime around the Lincolnshire border. A team of specialist officers from East Bassetlaw Police, which serves Retford and its surrounding villages, caught the two men independently of each other on quiet country lanes.

Officers arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of drug driving after pulling his car over on Blyth Road, Oldcotes, at around 10pm on Thursday, October 20. Not long after, another car was stopped on nearby Lamb Lane after it was found to be driven uninsured.