Three people have been arrested for drug and motoring offences after police patrolled rural areas.

On Friday night Thames Valley Police’s rural crime taskforce found a suspicious vehicle with four people inside around the rural areas of Henley.

The occupants of the vehicle were seen to switch seats and try to leave the area.

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Three of the people in the vehicle were arrested for drug and motoring offences, and the vehicle was seized.

Last month police officers called to reports of a man asleep at the wheel netted a suspected drug driver.

The officers, from Thames Valley Police’s roads policing unit said the call to Littlemore on Saturday, February 4, initially came through as a ‘welfare report’, after a man was spotted asleep in the driver’s seat.

 

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This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.

Matthew covers Bicester and focuses on finding stories from diverse communities.

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