Fourteen arrests in night of Hertfordshire border pursuits

On Thursday night (November 9), Hertfordshire Police, Metropolitan Police, and the National Police Air Service joined the Essex Police-led Operation Claymore to disrupt cross border crime between Essex, London, and Hertfordshire.

Police recovered nine lost or stolen vehicles and carried out 13 stop searches.

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A man is arrested after a foot chase following the pursuit of a vehicle. (Image: Essex Police)

Eleven of the men were arrested for burglary or related offences. Other reasons for arrests included for theft of a motor vehicle, drug driving, going equipped to steal, possession of class B drugs, and ABH.

Three were arrested after a Bentley Bentayga stolen from Cambridgeshire was pursued and stopped on the M11. Another two were arrested after a crash as officers pursued a stolen Toyota Aygo in Harlow.

A van linked to burglaries was intercepted on the M25. (Image: Essex Police)

PC Ross Ashcroft, who coordinated the operation, said: “These criminals are travelling between counties and from one force area to another. We want to prevent them from crossing the borders and committing those offences.

“Getting different forces and teams to work together and share intelligence about the people and groups committing high-harm crime is invaluable.

Two men are arrested on suspicion of burglary. (Image: Essex Police)

“We were really pleased with the number of people we apprehended tonight and the disruption we caused to their activity.”

A car that crashed after failing to stop for officers. The occupants were arrested. (Image: Essex Police)