Richmond Park: Parcels collected after police seize van

A large pile of parcels left under a tree in Richmond Park has been collected after police pulled over and seized an uninsured delivery van.

Royal Parks Police seized the vehicle in south-west London and left the parcels because, "we didn't want to be responsible for undelivered packages".

"The parcels did not get wet and were collected shortly afterwards," officers later tweeted.

It has been raining throughout Tuesday afternoon.

"When police seize a vehicle, the driver is invited to remove any items from that vehicle, as was done on this occasion," Royal Parks Police added.

The Metropolitan Police, which runs Royal Parks Police, said it had nothing further to add.

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