-Essex, UK. -May 22, 2024. Support us using **Super Thanks** next to the **share** button. Donate to us through Patreon! https://patreon.com/PoliceBodycamVideos? Two bladed weapons were seized and a dangerous driver taken off our roads after officers stopped a stolen car in Southend. Officers responded after we were called to reports of people brandishing knives inside a vehicle in Ruskin Avenue. After the call came in at around 12.25pm on Wednesday 22 May, specially trained pursuit officers were on the tail of the vehicle in question by 1.10pm, signalling for it to stop by activating their blue lights. The vehicle, a Ford Kuga, was later found to be on cloned number plates. The Kuga failed to stop for our officers and a pursuit followed through Southend and into Great Wakering. During the pursuit, the Kuga was driven onto the wrong side of the road, over the pavement near the entrance to a school and reached dangerously high speeds. After entering High Street, Great Wakering, officers cut the Kuga off, blocking and making tactical contact with the vehicle to prevent any further risk to the public. The driver, a 17-year-old boy, from Shoeburyness, who cannot be named because of his age, was swiftly detained. Two blades – a knife and a machete – were recovered from the Kuga. Following a search of the driver, the sheath for a knife was recovered. He was arrested and later charged with possession of a knife, aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance. He appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Friday 24 May, where he admitted the charges. At a sentencing hearing at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on 14 June, he was sentenced to a youth detention and training order spanning six months. He was disqualified from driving for 15 months and must take an extended test before he can hold a licence.