Cars have been seized from the streets of Coventry amid a police blitz on crime.

In Holbrooks , neighbourhood officers seized three vehicles for offences including no insurance, no tax and no MoT. The Radford team arrested a suspect in connection with shop theft who was also wanted for failing to appear at court.

Officers from Stoke and Wyken carried out proactive patrols. There were also a number of arrests.

" Coventry officers have acted swiftly on serious crime," an online update said. " A 50-year-old was charged with burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and blackmail following an investigation into a burglary in Canley .

"Officers also arrested and charged a 30-year-old man after reports of a man carrying a knife in Beckbury Road. He now faces charges including threats to k

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