Peekaboo! Police Dog Hully finds 16-year-old dangerous driver hiding in a children’s play area

At around 2.15am this morning (Monday 19 February 2024), Roads Policing Unit officers out on patrol spotted a suspicious Peugeot Expert van on Mount Road in Gorton.

The van made off from police and continued along Hyde Road before turning onto the M60 motorway into oncoming traffic.

Between the junctions the van stopped on the hard shoulder, with the suspect abandoning the van and making off up the embankment.

GMP’s Tactical Dog Unit (TDU) were drafted in with PD Hully (pictured) tasked with finding the offender.

Hully tracked up the motorway embankment, across fields and into the Brinnington estate where the suspect was found in a children’s play area, still in possession of the van keys.

The suspect, a 16-year-old male, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop and taking without owner’s consent and remains in police custody for questioning.

Sergeant Paul Holt from Greater Manchester Police’s Tactical Dog Unit said: “This job was another great example of the cross-collaboration between several departments in GMP’s Specialist Operations.

“PD Hully and I turned out to this incident knowing that we had to find the suspect after showing total disregard for other people’s safety by travelling down the motorway in the wrong direction.

“On this occasion, I am happy to report that no one was injured during this incident, and we are delighted that we can get another dangerous driver off the roads in Greater Manchester.”