Almost 50 per cent of drivers stopped in police checks on Fenland roads were breaking the law. Seventy-one cars and minibuses were stopped during a four-hour period last Tuesday and 35 vehicles were seized for offences of either driving without insurance,

Almost 50 per cent of drivers stopped in police checks on Fenland roads were breaking the law.

Seventy-one cars and minibuses were stopped during a four-hour period last Tuesday and 35 vehicles were seized for offences of either driving without insurance, having no road tax, driving without a licence or vehicle defects.

All six minibuses stopped were uninsured.

The spot checks were carried out by a combined Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk police team working alongside immigration officers and with representatives of DVLA and VOSA.

Eight untaxed vehicles were taken to a Peterborough storage depot.

n Our picture shows police at work during the Fenland-wide vehicle swoop.