Police seized a bright green Lamborghini after the driver continued his "anti-social" driving despite a warning from officers.
A patrol had seen the sports car being driven in an "anti-social manner" on Wilmslow Road on Sunday evening, July 10, pulling the driver over and issuing him with a warning under section 59 of the Police Reform Act, which gives officers the power to seize vehicles being used to cause alarm, distress, or annoyance to members of the public and are being driven in a "careless and inconsiderate" manner.
Despite a warning that continuing to drive like that would see the expensive car seized and taken away by police, the driver didn't listen. Before long officers once again saw the vehicle causing a nuisance, and swooped in to seize the car, leaving the driver without a set of wheels.
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Greater Manchester Police's traffic division posted about the seizure on their Twitter page.
The post read: "This Lamborghini had been sighted being driven in a anti social manner earlier this evening on Wilmslow Road, having been warned under S59, the driver then continued to drive in such manner! Car seized and hes been reported for driving without due care and attention."
The post was popular with other users, with many praising GMP for following through with the warning they'd handed to the driver earlier in the evening. One said: "Well driver was warned what did they expect?"
Another claimed to have heard similar anti-social behaviour from cars using the area, and expressed relief that work was being done to tackle the problem. Reports of anti-social behaviour can be made on GMP's website by using the online submission form.
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