POLICE seized a Mercedes Sprinter van bearing false plates and with no insurance while on patrol in Lye last night.

Officers from Brierley Hill were out in Lye last night (Sunday February 16) when they noticed the white van with three males on board.

The vehicle was stopped a short time later heading in the Cradley direction and after checks were carried out the van was found to have false plates and no insurance.

Officers seized the vehicle and the driver will be reported for the offences, Stourbridge PCSO Neal Hunt said in a neighbourhood alert.