POLICE spotted a cloned car which had been stolen in a recent burglary being driven at Asda in Oldbury.
West Midlands Police Traffic officers saw the car at the store on Wolverhampton Road - the driver tried to get away but he was arrested on Friday (February 29).
Officers tweeted about the incident saying: "We saw this cloned car in @Asda Wolverhampton Road Oldbury which had recently been stolen in a burglary.
"The driver made a short lived effort to escape before being arrested from it. #SaveMoneyLiveBetterArrestBaddies #TheAsdaWay."
We saw this cloned car in @Asda Oldbury yesterday which had recently been stolen in a burglary. The driver made a short lived effort to escape before being arrested from it. #SaveMoneyLiveBetterArrestBaddies #TheAsdaWay 🚔 😁 pic.twitter.com/2qy8lW2RY2
— WMP Traffic (@Trafficwmp) February 29, 2020
A cloned car is a vehicle that has been given a new identity.
Officers from the traffic unit have been recovering stolen and cloned cars from all over the West Midlands.
To make a stolen vehicle appear legal, criminals put on false number plates.
They may also use a duplicate or stolen logbook.
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