Since May this year, Leicestershire Police has been running Operation Hopper, aiming to identify and target drivers who pose a risk of serious harm. 

The Leicestershire Police Road Safety Unit can provide invaluable intelligence to the Roads Policing Unit. So far, this has led to the seizure of 39 vehicles with a total of 310 outstanding speeding and/or red-light offences and all of them were without valid insurance. 

This red BMW was seized by Leics Police and scrapped as part of Operation Hopper (Photo: Leicestershire Police)

Detective Inspector Parminder Dhillon, Head of the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit at Leicestershire Police, said: 'Operation Hopper intends to send out a warning to those drivers who think they can flout the law and pose the highest risk to innocent road users, already arrests have been made, cars have been scrapped, sold at auction or returned to finance companies.'