Dangerous driving arrest after 30-mile police chase from Sittingbourne to Minnis Bay
Published: 15:41, 22 February 2021
Updated: 15:43, 22 February 2021
Police pursued a car for about 30 miles across Kent before deploying a stinger.
The chase began shortly before 11am yesterday after a car failed to stop for officers on the A249 near Sittingbourne.
A long pursuit was authorised as the vehicle headed east through the Swale, the Canterbury district and into Thanet.
Police then used a stinger to burst the car's tyres in Minnis Bay, Birchington.
A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to stop.
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He has since been released under investigation.
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