{"id":685786,"date":"2026-01-10T02:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685786\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:23:20","slug":"man-arrested-as-stolen-car-recovered-after-swift-work-in-sandwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685786\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested as stolen car recovered after swift work in Sandwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5a5d446f3787b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Stock image<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Police have recovered a stolen car and made an arrest following swift work in Sandwell yesterday.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Officers were alerted to a vehicle being stolen from outside an address in Grove Vale Avenue, Great Barr, just before 1:45am.<\/p>\n<p>A force spokesperson said: &#8220;We spotted the car on Forge Lane around 15 minutes later but it made off from officers. Following a pursuit the vehicle was abandoned and the driver fled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, a 22-year-old man was quickly arrested on Station Road, Handsworth, on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving and failing to stop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is currently in custody for questioning. We know the impact of vehicle crime on lives and livelihoods and we\u2019ll always look to identify those involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on helping to keep your vehicle secure, you can visit the\u00a0<a data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westmidlands.police.uk\/cp\/crime-prevention\/keeping-vehicles-safe\/preventing-car-vehicle-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stock image Police have recovered a stolen car and made an arrest following swift work in Sandwell yesterday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[22440,22441,855,9163,22439,748,9444,1354,393,9453,4884,14987,269,12,3669,9440,93,16823,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-685786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-102-5","9":"tag-102-5-fm","10":"tag-birmingham","11":"tag-black-country","12":"tag-brierley-hill","13":"tag-britain","14":"tag-dab","15":"tag-dudley","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-fm","18":"tag-great-britain","19":"tag-halesowen","20":"tag-music","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-online","23":"tag-radio","24":"tag-sport","25":"tag-stourbridge","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115868428171294190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685786","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=685786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}