{"id":399772,"date":"2025-09-05T10:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399772\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:51:15","slug":"cradley-heath-trio-17-arrested-over-vehicle-theft-and-drug-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399772\/","title":{"rendered":"Cradley Heath trio, 17, arrested over vehicle theft and drug offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  West Midlands Police said in the early hours of yesterday morning (September 4), officers spotted a vehicle that was driving at high speeds, which subsequently failed to stop for them.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The vehicle then came to a stop on Meadow Walk, and all the occupants fled from the scene.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following a foot chase, the three teenage boys, all aged 17, were apprehended and arrested.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 17-year-olds, all from Cradley Heath, were arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and possession of drugs with intent to supply.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following checks, police believe the vehicle they were travelling in was stolen, and a quantity of nitrous oxide canisters was seized.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They have been bailed pending further enquiries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a statement, West Midlands Police said: \u201cIn the early hours of yesterday morning (4 Sep), we spotted a vehicle that was driving at high speeds and failed to stop for officers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe vehicle then came to a stop on Meadow Walk. All the occupants fled from the scene. However, following a foot chase, we managed to detain them.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cFollowing checks, it\u2019s believed the vehicle was stolen and has been seized for further examination.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe also seized a quantity of nitrous oxide cannisters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThree teenage boys, aged 17, from Cradley Heath, were arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and possession of drugs with intent to supply.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThey have been bailed pending further enquiries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIf you see anything suspicious in your area, please call 101. Always call 999 in an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police said in the early hours of yesterday morning (September 4), officers spotted a vehicle that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-399772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115151312273065815","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}