Porsche pursuit: reckless driver detained just two hours after car theft

We arrested a car thief following a dramatic pursuit in Birmingham city centre and had the driver locked up just two hours after hed stolen the Porsche 911. Staffordshire Police alerted us to a car key burglary at around 4. 15pm on 25 January this year in which a raceprepared Porsche 911 GTS was taken. As reckless driver Lee Smythe found to his cost, a rear wheel drive sports Porsche doesn t handle too well in the January snow and ice Our traffic cops used some tactical contact to box him in and bring his dangerous driving to a swift end. He was dragged from the car and jailed for 16 months. Full story: