'Boy racers' using roads as 'own private racetrack' targeted by police in £6m supercar clampdown
Police have seized 60 supercars in a clamp down on vehicle crime in central London.
The Metropolitan Police removed £6m worth of supercars, including McLarens, Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Ferraris and Lamborghinis, from the streets of the capital in an operation over the first weekend of August.
Officers made five arrests, including for insurance fraud, using a mobile phone at the wheel, not using a seatbelt and driving without due care.
The sting came after complaints from Westminster residents about cars being driven poorly or at high speed.
It led to the Met Police working with the local council and Motor Insurance Bureau on the operation to target drivers who frequent the area more in the summer months.
'Their own private racetrack'
The local council alleged those behind the wheel were "boy racers" who "use our roads as their own private racetrack".
Paul Dimoldenberg, cabinet member for city management at Westminster City Council, said: "People who think it is okay to use our roads as their own private racetrack late at night are not welcome in Westminster.
"The noise and dangerous driving from these boy racers is often worse during the summer, so I welcome these results from the enforcement work.
"This underlines the council's zero tolerance approach to anti-social driving."
He added the council, along with police, would continue to work to "make sure the racing stays on the racetrack and not on our streets."
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Metropolitan Police Special Inspector Geoff Tatman said: "This hugely successful operation has proved we are dealing with those crimes, such as anti-social driving, that is causing most distress to residents and tourists.
"This brilliant partnership work between the Met's Vehicle Enforcement Team, Motor Insurance Bureau and Westminster City Council demonstrates to Londoners we are doubling down on crime on the roads."
