Police seized counterfeit currency and arrested a suspect after responding to reports of an attempted car theft.
Officers attended Langdale Road, Bakersfield, Nottingham, around 7.35am on Sunday (3 August) after a man reported an intruder had tried to steal his vehicle.
The offender ran from the scene after the car’s alarm was activated and fled in another vehicle.
Officers quickly spotted the fleeing vehicle and pulled it over close to Colwick Loop Road.
When searches were carried out of the car, officers seized a substantial number of fake bank notes and multiple mobile phones.
A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft of a motor vehicle and the acquisition of criminal property.
Inspector Oliver Chadwick, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“The speed of our response to the attempted vehicle break-in allowed officers to stop a car and arrest this suspect.
“Searches then uncovered a substantial quantity of counterfeit cash and investigations will continue into this discovery.”
