A STOLEN car was reportedly driven at police officers in an incident which saw police dogs and the force helicopter deployed.
A man was arrested in Whiston after two vehicles were stolen from outside a property in Widnes in the early hours of this morning, Thursday.
The suspect in the car was arrested by police, while two others were also located near to the M62 thanks to the assistance of police dogs and the helicopter.
All three – ages 22,19 and 16, and from the Liverpool area – remain in police custody at present.
A spokesman for Cheshire Police said: “At around 3.20am on Thursday, August 1, officers responded to reports of a burglary in Widnes.
“Officers attended the scene on Maisemore Fields and found that two vehicles had been stolen from outside of the address.
“The vehicles had been traced to an area in Woodend, Whiston, with officers locating both vehicles thanks to a tracking device that had been fitted to one of the cars.
“While at the scene, one of the cars was driven at the attending officers, becoming stuck in nearby foliage.
“No-one was harmed during the incident and the driver of the stolen vehicle, a 19-year-old man from Woolton, was swiftly arrested on suspicion of burglary.
“Colleagues from Merseyside Police, National Police Air Service and the dog unit were deployed to the scene.
“They aided officers in locating two others who had decamped from the vehicles and had fled on foot to nearby farmland close to the M62.
“The pair, a 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, both from Liverpool, were arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft of a motor vehicle.
“All three remain in custody at this time and are assisting officers with their enquiries.”
Cheshire and North Wales Police Dogs Unit added: “Police dogs Toro and Speedy teamed up following a domestic burglary in Widnes where two cars were stolen.
“Upon locating the stolen cars, Speedy and handler detained a man in a vehicle who was trying to make off.
“Toro and handler then tracked across fields and the M62 and flushed two more men out to waiting Merseyside Police dog section colleagues.”
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