Celebrations in order as McFlurry fan PD Bryn tracks down suspects across Northamptonshire countryside

By Kevin Nicholls
Published 22nd Nov 2021, 11:51 BST
Updated 22nd Nov 2021, 11:53 BST
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Two collared hiding under thorn bush after mile-and-a-half trek in darkness

It was Celebrations time for a Northamptonshire police dog after sniffing out two suspected car parts thieves following an epic cross-country hunt.

PD Bryn was rewarded by getting his highly trained nose stuck into a Christmas McFlurry after he and handler PC Lucy Sculthorpe trekked a mile-and-a-half through fields in darkness before finding two men hiding under a thorn bush near Stanwick.

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Bryn was called in after a pair fled from a cloned vehicle at around 8.15pm on Thursday night (November 18), following an alert via the automatic number plate recognition system of a vehicle in the east of the county using cloned plates.

PD Bryn earned his special treat by tracking down two suspects after a mile-and-a-half trek.PD Bryn earned his special treat by tracking down two suspects after a mile-and-a-half trek.
PD Bryn earned his special treat by tracking down two suspects after a mile-and-a-half trek.

Officers searching the area then came across a vehicle which failed to stop and then crashed before its two occupants ran off.

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: "One man aged 29 from Bagworth, Leicestershire, and 21-year-old male from Peterborough were both arrested on suspicion of failing to stop and the suspected theft of catalytic converters.

"Both were released on bail after questioning, pending further enquiries."