Portsmouth man arrested for taking child from teenage legal guardian and drug driving on M275

By Freddie Webb
Published 21st Oct 2022, 15:25 BST
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POLICE have arrested a man from Portsmouth for taking a child away from their legal guardian.

Officers initially spotted the 24-year-old driving along the A3 last night.

Hampshire roads policing unit were supported by the Hampshire and Thames Valley Police Armed Response squad.

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A man from Portsmouth was arrested for taking a child away from its legal guardian, and drug driving. Picture: Hampshire Roads Policing Unit.A man from Portsmouth was arrested for taking a child away from its legal guardian, and drug driving. Picture: Hampshire Roads Policing Unit.
A man from Portsmouth was arrested for taking a child away from its legal guardian, and drug driving. Picture: Hampshire Roads Policing Unit.

They managed to stop the vehicle on the M275.

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Once halted, the driver was confirmed as wanted by police, and tested for drug driving.

The man was found to have taken a child from their teenage legal guardian.

A drugwipe came back positive for cannabis and cocaine, and he was detained.

A spokesman from Hampshire Constabulary said: ‘At around 10.45pm a 24-year-old man from Portsmouth was stopped and arrested on the M275.

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‘He was arrested on suspicion of taking a child so as to remove them from a person having lawful control – relating to a teenager who is known to him – and on suspicion of drug driving.

‘The man remains in custody at this time.’