Met Officer Drives Seized £3.7 Million Ferrari as London Police Impound 90 Cars Worth £8 Million
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 10
Met Officer Drives Seized £3.7 Million Ferrari as London Police Impound 90 Cars Worth £8 Million
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 10
Summary
A £3.7 million Ferrari Monza SP2 was driven by a Met officer to the police pound after being seized in Mayfair just one day after arriving in the UK.
The Dubai-registered supercar was confiscated because it was being driven by someone with a provisional licence and no insurance, with police opting to drive it rather than load it onto a flatbed.
Footage showed the open-top Ferrari—one of 499 made—being escorted through Mayfair and Marble Arch during a weekend operation around Hyde Park, Kensington and Chelsea.
Ninety vehicles worth more than £8 million were seized in the crackdown with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, the highest number and value in the operation’s five-year history; 15 were taken under new antisocial-behaviour seizure powers.
The sweep also led to arrests tied to suspected money laundering, stolen goods, drugs and an immigration offence, underscoring the wider policing push beyond uninsured driving.