Rare £3.7m Ferrari seized in police crackdown
Ninety vehicles worth more than £8m were seized in a weekend operation in central London.
A luxury Ferrari valued at around £3.7 million was among 90 vehicles seized by the Metropolitan Police during a weekend operation targeting antisocial driving in central London. The Metropolitan Police seized the vehicles, worth over £8 million in total, from Kensington, Chelsea, and Hyde Park between Friday and Sunday. The targeted vehicles were those involved in uninsured, antisocial, and dangerous driving.
The Ferrari Monza SP2, one of only 499 built by the Italian manufacturer, had been in the UK for less than a day when it was stopped. The driver had been in the car for less than 30 minutes, held a provisional license, and had no insurance. Fifteen vehicles were seized under powers that allow officers to immediately impound a car if it has been used antisocially, without issuing a warning first.
Special Ch Insp Geoff Tatman, who led the operation, said the goal was to keep roads safe and deter dangerous driving. The operation also led to the arrest of two men on suspicion of handling stolen goods and money laundering, as well as other charges including drug possession with intent to supply and immigration offences. The number and value of vehicles seized was the highest in the five years that the operation has run.
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