Arrests made during random vehicle stop checks on the coast

Several people have been arrested and some charged after random vehicle stop checks were carried out on the coast as part of our Summertime Policing Plan.

As part of our seasonal plan and drink drive stop check operation, our officers stopped 52 vehicles on the weekend across the coast.

So far, we have carried out a number of stop check operations in the Skegness and Ingoldmells area. As well as enforcement taking place, drivers were also educated on speeding awareness and road safety.

Results of the checks are as follows:

• A 39-year-old man from Kettering, Northamptonshire, was stopped and identified to have no insurance. He was found to be driving otherwise in accordance with a driving licence. He has been reported for offences.

• Andrew Higgins aged 61, of Station Road, Ilkeston, was stopped in Skegness. He was arrested on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle over the prescribed alcohol limit. He has been charged with the offence and will appear at Lincoln Magistrates Court on Lincoln Magistrates Court in July.    

• A woman, aged 35, from Skegness, was issued a Traffic Offence Report for failing to have a valid MOT.
•  A man, aged 19 from Skegness, was arrested on suspicion of driving whist disqualified, driving without valid motor insurance, possession of a controlled substance class A, and for driving a vehicle on a road with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit. The male has been released under investigation.  The vehicle was seized for no insurance.  Investigations are ongoing.

• A man, aged 28, from Coventry was stopped in Skegness. Following checks, he was arrested on suspicion of driving a vehicle on a road with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit. The male has been released under investigation whilst we wait for his blood sample to be analysed. Investigations are ongoing.
• Emma Jervis, aged 32, from Aikman Avenue, Leicester, was arrested following a Road Traffic Collision on Sea Lane, Ingoldmells. She was arrested on suspicion of failing to co-operate with a roadside test. She will appear at Lincoln Magistrates Court in July.

 

This was the one of several operations planned across the coast as part of a wider plan, which can be found here: Summertime Policing Plan launched across the east coast | Lincolnshire Police (lincs.police.uk)

East Coast Chief Inspector Lee St Quinton added: “We have implemented the drink and drug stop check as part of the summertime policing plan to make the coastal road network the safest that they can be for residents and visitors alike.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank other agencies we work closely with including the council and RNL and the public for their continued support as we prepare for another busy summer season on the Lincolnshire Coast. Additional officers will be visible throughout the main resorts all summer undertaking a wide range of proactive initiatives in an effort to make the Coastal District the safest place to live, work and visit.”

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