Car meet driver caught speeding at 135mph on M62

Police attended a retail park in Pontefract after reports of an illegal car meet

A driver has been caught speeding at 135mph (217km/h) on the M62 motorway in West Yorkshire.

The vehicle had earlier attended an "illegal car meet" at the Park Road Retail Park in Pontefract on Sunday evening, West Yorkshire Police said.

The driver left the car meet and joined the M62, where they were seen speeding between Pontefract and Wakefield. They are now due to appear in court in connection with the offence.

Police also seized two cars and recorded several other driving offences related to those attending the car meet.

Police said they had become aware of a scheduled car meet at the retail park after a similar one was held at the same location the previous weekend.

One car was seized due to the driver being disqualified from driving, with the other taken due to the manner of driving.

Insp Andy Dickinson, from the force, said: "We take a zero tolerance approach to the anti-social use of vehicles in the district.

"We know that concerns still remain though about future events, and I would like to reassure people that we will continue this work to deter and prosecute the organisers and motorists involved in these car meets."

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