Police in Co Down have seized an uninsured car after the driver claimed the vehicle had been insured by Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris.
The bizarre claim was made on Friday evening when police stopped the car in the Newcastle area after a detection system flagged it as uninsured.
The PSNI published an image of the vehicle, which displayed on its window a sticker with the logo of the far-right-linked conspiracy magazine ‘The Light’, to the NI Road Policing and Safety Facebook page.
Road Policing Interceptors (Omagh/Enniskillen) stopped this vehicle in the Newcastle area on Friday evening as it was...
Posted by NI Road Policing and Safety on Sunday, 11 February 2024
Speaking of what happened after the car was stopped by officers, a PSNI spokesperson said: “The driver claimed the Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris had insured his vehicle and that it was not a car/motor vehicle but a conveyance.
“Further roadside checks showed there was no policy of insurance and that the driver didn’t have a Driving Licence.”
They added: “The vehicle was seized and the driver will now have a day in court to explain their ‘beliefs’ to a judge.”
