Man arrested in town as 'cloned' car seized
A man has been arrested in Bicester as a "cloned" car was found and seized by police.
The incident occurred today (Monday, June 23) in which police were "alerted" to a cloned car in the area.
Officers from Thames Valley Police's rural crime taskforce responded to the alert and located the vehicle in question.
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A spokesperson for the force said: "The officers located the vehicle parked up and detained the driver for a search.
"Further checks found that vehicle had clearly had its identity changed.
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"A male was arrested and the vehicle was seized to be more closely examined."
Cloning a car is a kind of vehicle identity theft with guidance from The AA explaining the criminal practice in which a car's number plates are replaced with those from an almost identical vehicle.
This is done to mask a stolen car's identity or to avoid paying parking tickets, speeding fines and other charges.
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