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POLICE HUNT

A POLICE helicopter was called out to help search for the driver and passenger of a black Audi which was dumped in Macclesfield.

Cheshire police spotted the vehicle driving on the M62, at around 8.20am, on Thursday, November 2.

Losing sight of the car, a police helicopter was sent out to track it down. The car was eventually spotted on Somerton Road, in the Weston area of Macclesfield, just after 9.30am, where the driver then dumped it in a bush.

According to the police, the two men then got out of the car and made their getaway on foot in the direction of Ivy Lane.

A spokesperson for Cheshire Police said: “A patrol car spotted the black Audi driving on the M62, a helicopter was then sent out to find the car.

“The vehicle was then spotted on Somerton Road, where the driver and passenger then abandoned the car in a hedge.”