Boy, 11, stopped after driving a BMW and towing a caravan on M1

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An 11-year-old boy was arrested after being stopped for driving a BMW and towing a caravan on the M1.

Officers acquired a report a caravan had been stolen from an area vacation park close to Thirsk, and was being towed away by a black BMW at round 3.30pm on Thursday.

North Yorkshire Police tracked the automobile, which was utilizing cloned registration plates and travelling south on the A1.

The automobile was intercepted on the M1 after it left the A1, at Hook Moor Interchange close to Garforth, round 45 minutes after the report was made.

However when officers stopped the automobile, they had been “not ready” to discover a schoolboy behind the wheel.

Police then searched the automobile and located gear sometimes utilized by suspects to hold out thefts, and quite a lot of registration plates.

Officers questioned the boy, who has since been launched on conditional bail to permit additional enquiries to be carried out.

The caravan was returned to its rightful proprietor and nobody was injured.

North Yorkshire Police added: “Because of the short work of our expert roads policing officers, our management room and intelligence workforce working within the background, the rightful homeowners have been up to date that their caravan had been discovered.”

Officers suggested caravan homeowners to take additional precautions after seeing a surge of thefts within the space.