THIRTY-TWO drivers have been prosecuted and four vehicles seized in an early May blitz on illegal driving.

Officers from the Dewsbury and Mirfield NPT have said more operations are in the works with Roads Policing Unit colleagues following the latest police activity in Operation Trimburg.

Three days of action in the Dewsbury West area from May 1 to May 3 saw officers stop and prosecute 32 drivers for offences including speeding, having no insurance, mobile phone use, not wearing seatbelts and having illegal car windows.

Police also seized three cars for document offences, and one car which had been reported as stolen.

The driver of the stolen car was arrested for vehicle theft.

During the course of the operation in February and March police carried out extra car based patrols and operations in the Dewsbury and Mirfield and Batley and Spen areas.

Those patrols saw officers recover 20 vehicles and arrest three drivers for drink/drug driving offences, four for vehicle theft and one for dangerous driving.

Inspector Liz Lockwood of the Dewsbury and Mirfield NPT, said: “Frankly, it is a concern that so many drivers have been found to be committing offences on our roads and those who think it is somehow acceptable to drive illegally should know that we are out there, and we are looking for them."

“I can promise more operations of this kind will continue."