Drink driver caught by police dog after fleeing a routine traffic stop
Drink driver caught by police dog after fleeing a routine traffic stop A SUSPECTED drink driver has been arrested after fleeing a routine traffic stop – only to be tracked down by a police dog. Just before 5am on Tuesday police were on patrol in Blaydon where they spotted a vehicle being driven erratically. They signalled for the vehicle to stop and it pulled over on Shibdon Bank. But as they approached the vehicle, the driver got out the car and fled the scene on foot. PC Hayley Raithby and police dog Wren were immediately deployed to the scene to try and track the man down.
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk