Police make attempted murder arrest after stopping car on M6
The officers' in-car ANPR sensors detected those inside a vehicle they were following were wanted
Officers from Atherstone & Coleshill Police say they have made an arrest overnight for attempted murder.
It happened whilst they were travelling on the M6 motorway - with the in-car ANPR sensors detecting those inside a vehicle they were following were wanted in connection with an offence.
Sharing details about the Operation Tavaco case, Atherstone and Coleshill Police said: "Officers had just cleared a job where a cloned vehicle had been used to commit a burglary before making off from our OPU (Traffic Officers).
"Whilst travelling along the M6 a vehicle pinged our in-car ANPR saying that the occupants were wanted in connection with an offence.
"The vehicle was stopped, occupants detained and enquiries conducted.
"As a result of this, the occupant was arrested on suspicion of Attempt Murder and taken into custody for further questioning.
"The offenders from the original cloned vehicle were arrested too for Burglary and Fail to Stop offences."