Police seize and crush cloned car in Chesterfield – after offenders left ‘catch this’ message to officers

Officers seized and destroyed a cloned car that was spotted in Chesterfield – after its occupants had encouraged the police to try and ‘catch this’.

Published 1st Dec 2022, 10:42 BST

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On Wednesday, November 30, the Derbyshire Road Crime Unit detected a cloned vehicle driving towards Hasland.

Officers soon discovered the car had been parked and left unattended – with ‘catch dis’ scrawled into the dirt on the rear of the vehicle.

In a tweet, the DRCU said: “True vehicle involved in a fail to stop earlier this week. Vehicle seized for forensics along with further cloned plates.

“Catch dis? We did mate. Now it’s off to the crusher.”