A wanted man was arrested last week after seeking help for his broken down car.
Police were alerted to reports of a man pushing his car along the A1(M) at Boston Spa before he sought help from the nearby Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) inspection site.
Officers were already at the site doing a joint vehicle safety operation before being alerted to his outstanding arrest warrant.
A police spokesperson said:
“We were also at the site doing a joint vehicle safety operation… which was unfortunate for him, because he’d been driving while disqualified and was wanted by North Wales Police on an outstanding arrest warrant.
“So he was arrested. As we're always happy to help, we did arrange for his car to be recovered. But it was by one of our recovery trucks, after it was seized for being driven without a licence.”
In total, 19 vehicles were stopped and inspected by a small team from the force’s Road Policing Group during the safety operation last week.

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