GWENT Police were assisted by a National Police Air Service helicopter in chasing down a car suspected of driving with cloned plates.
The helicopter was spotted in flying over the centre of Newport at around 3.10pm this afternoon.
A spokesperson from the National Police Air Service (NPAS) said: “The crew from NPAS St Athan was deployed at 1453hrs to Newport. Total flight time was 48 minutes. The tasking was to assist Gwent Police in a suspect vehicle search.”
Gwent Police confirmed that the vehicle search was for a car which was suspected of having cloned number plates.
A spokesperson for Gwent Police said: “Officers were pursuing a car suspected to be driven on cloned plates.”
Gwent Police confirmed that no arrests were made.
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