Published: June 18, 2007
Brean police arrest motorist and seize van in vehicle crackdown

Police continued their crackdown on illegal vehicles in the Burnham area on Monday evening (June 18th) when they seized a van and arrested its driver.

Brean Beat Manager PC Dominic Bryant and Special Constable Chris Guest pulled over this white van at 7.20pm outside Brean Leisure Park after suspecting it had several defects.

"It was found to have no MOT, no insurance, no tax, several MOT faults and even the driver had no licence," Chris told Burnham-On-Sea.com.

"The driver was arrested and the van seized and taken off the road."

It comes in the same week that Burnham police have been checking for illegal vehicles as part of the force's 'Operation Relentless' campaign. On Friday (June 15th), police used an Automatic Number Plate Recognition system along Love Lane to identify stolen vehicles and perform random vehicle checks.