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Other reasons why vehicles are recovered
Causing an Obstruction or Danger to Other Road Users
Vehicles that have been left on a road and are causing a wilful or unnecessary obstruction, can be recovered under Section 99 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Officers from the Gipton and Harehills Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT) conducted a Road Safety Operation in partnership with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), yesterday Monday 4th December 2023.
Wednesday 23 November, 2022
Police have set the wheels in motion for a safer winter on the roads of Kirklees after seizing defective vehicles, making arrests, and educating children in a week of action.
Under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, police have the power to seize any vehicle where there is reasonable belief that the vehicle is being used without third party insurance cover or a driving licence for t
Monday 20 March, 2023
More than 100 safe spaces are now operating in Kirklees to provide places were women, girls and those at risk can seek help.
Tuesday March 7, 2023
Cannabis worth at least £10,000 has been seized from the streets of Batley following a police raid at a commercial premises in the town.
Tuesday July 18, 2023
Police and partners have seized weapons, made arrests, checked dozens of vehicles and seized over £10,000 of illegal goods in a blitz on street level crime in Kirklees.
Killingbeck and Seacroft communities, we continue to target and address the local community and policing priorities set across the ward areas, to address reports of drugs supply, the anti-social and criminal use of pedal cycles, electric motorbikes, stolen vehicles, and anti-social behaviour. You said:
Friday October 27, 2023
More than £100,000 of carefully concealed illegal and potentially dangerous tobacco has been smoked out in Dewsbury.
Wednesday 18 January, 2023
More than £1.5-million of cannabis has been seized from the streets of communities in Batley and Spen in just 12 months according to new data.
Friday November 25, 2023
More than 150 knives have been seized from the streets and 60 arrests made in a week of action to reduce knife and violent crime in West Yorkshire
Thursday 8 December, 2022
Hundreds of high value cannabis plants worth in excess of £100,0000 have been seized in Heckmondwike after officers raided five drugs factories in two weeks.
Thursday 8 February 2024A potential £2million has been taken out of the hands of criminals in just four weeks following another cannabis factory closure in Dewsbury.
Friday August 26, 2022
A drink driver has been arrested, drugs searches made, and uninsured cars seized in a multi-agency operation to make roads safer in Kirklees villages.