16-year-old dangerous driver arrested after police dog catches him hiding in children’s play area

Police Dog Hully has been praised after tracking down an underage driver who made off up a motorway embankment.

At around 2.15am on Monday, February 19th, Roads Policing Unit officers out on patrol spotted a suspicious Peugeot Expert van on Mount Road in Gorton.

The van drove off away from police and made its way down Hyde Road, before turning onto the M60 in the wrong direction and into oncoming traffic.

As police pursued, the vehicle pulled onto the hard shoulder between junctions and the suspect abandoned the van and ran off up the embankment.

GMP’s Tactical Aid Unit were called in to find the offender.

PD Hully tracked along the embankment and all the way to a children’s play area where the suspect was then found, still holding the keys to the van.

The 16-year-old male, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop and taking without owner’s consent. He remains in police custody for questioning.

Sergeant Paul Holt from GMP’s Tactical Dog Unit said: “This job was another great example of the cross-collaboration between several departments in GMP’s Specialist Operations.

“PD Hully and I turned out to this incident knowing that we had to find the suspect after showing total disregard for other people’s safety by travelling down the motorway in the wrong direction.

“On this occasion, I am happy to report that no one was injured during this incident, and we are delighted that we can get another dangerous driver off the roads in Greater Manchester.”