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Van stopped in Newport after disqualified driver tip-off

A 47-year-old man from Magor has been reported to court for driving whilst disqualified. An officer in an unmarked vehicle had followed the van he was driving along the M4 into Newport.

Van stopped in Newport after disqualified driver tip-off
Image: Gwent Police

A man has been reported to court for driving whilst disqualified after Gwent Police tracked a van along the M4 to Pill in Newport.

The tip-off

Officers were told the person driving the van was banned from the roads, and roads policing officers were sent to intercept it.

An officer in an unmarked vehicle soon spotted the van and followed it along the motorway from Magor into Newport.

The stop

The van eventually stopped in Pill, and officers detained the driver there.

Police checks confirmed he is disqualified from driving until February 2027.

What happens next

The 47-year-old man, who is from Magor, has been reported to court for driving whilst disqualified.

The van was seized.

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