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False-plate driver found hiding in garden

A man who failed to stop for police when officers spotted him in a car with false number plates has been arrested and charged after he was found hiding in a garden in Walsall.

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When the Citroen Picasso, on false number plates, failed to stop for police on Pools Lane, Willenhall, police officers followed it to where it was abandoned in Bentley.

A search of the area proved fruitless until German Shepherd police dog Eco took over and found a man hiding in a nearby garden.

The man was arrested and has been charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, going equipped for burglary and driving without insurance.

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