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Officers seize car after drivers are seen using Birmingham road as a racetrack

A sharp-eyed police helicopter crew in Birmingham caught a group of drivers using a busy area for car cruising as a race track and arrested a man.

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The Blue Audi which was seized last night

The racers were caught on the A47, Heartlands Parkway, Nechells last night.

They liaised with on ground colleagues who used Automatic Number Plate Recognition to stop the driver of a blue Audi car.

The driver already had a section 59 warning which refers to vehicles being used in a manner which causes alarm, distress or annoyance.

The car was seized and the driver faces prosecution.

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