Police used special tactics to stop a stolen vehicle on the motorway yesterday(Thursday).

Officers from the Thames Valley Police Roads Policing Unit were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle on the M40 that had failed to stop.

Near Junction 10, on the northbound carriageway, the officers used a "boxing" tactic to safely bring the vehicle to a stop.

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After coming to a halt, the driver refused to cooperate with a roadside drug wipe after officers discovered drugs in the car.

"Boxing" tactics are used on drivers that refuse to stop for police. When it is carried out, police cars will surround the suspect's vehicle, effectively boxing it in, and then gradually slow down, forcing the suspect to slow down with them.

The driver was arrested during the incident.