The learner driver left to walk home after the Vauxhall Vectra was impounded in Coventry

A learner driver was allowed to walk home after police seized a Vauxhall Vectra on the Coventry border. Members of Warwickshire Police’s Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) swooped on the car and unearthed a number of offences.

Officers discovered the driver had no insurance and only had a provisional license. Further checks revealed they already had eight points for a previous offense of driving without insurance and without a licence.

The police seized the car and reported the driver, who has not been identified, to court. The team also stopped a Renault Clio on the A429 near Sherbourne.

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Officers found the driver had no insurance and the MoT expired in January. The driver was also found in possession of cannabis and failed a roadside drug test.

The team arrested the driver, who was then detained and the car was impounded.

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