11 year old arrested after driving a car towing a suspected stolen caravan
Officers were responding to reports of a theft near Thirsk
Last updated 8th Mar 2024
Police have arrested a school boy found at the wheel of a car, towing a suspected stolen caravan on the M1.
Officers say they stopped a BMW X5 near Garforth yesterday (Thursday, 7 March) and were staggered to find the 11-year-old child in the driving seat.
At around 3.30pm, officers received a call that a caravan had been stolen from a caravan holiday site near Thirsk and was being towed away by a black BMW.
They tracked the BMW, that was also using cloned registration plates, travelling south on the A1.
45 minutes after the caravan was reported stolen, we stopped the vehicle on the M1 after it left the A1 at Hook Moor Interchange near Garforth.
A search of the car also revealed equipment typically used by suspects to carry out thefts and a selection of vehicle registration plates.
The boy was arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including theft, burglary, going equipped for theft, and motoring offences including dangerous driving.
He was questioned and has been released on conditional police bail to allow further enquiries to be carried out.