'Dramatic chase' in Bournemouth as police stop a 'stolen' Audi

Police received a report shortly after 3am on Wednesday, November 2 that a vehicle had made off from officers in the Ringwood Road area of Poole. 

It was then further reported that the same vehicle, a black Audi A5, had been spotted in the Charminster area of Bournemouth. 

Officers attended and were seen ‘chasing’ the Audi in the Meyrick Park area before stopping the car at the dead end of Central Drive this afternoon. 

Police in Central Drive (Image: Daily Echo)

It is reported that two occupants of the car left the scene on foot. Officers located one man and he was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle. 

One witness said he saw two unmarked armed police cars and three marked police cars chasing a black Audi A5 in Central Drive earlier this afternoon before stopping it at the dead end.  

The witness said the cars came “flying round” near Meyrick Park and that it was “dramatic”, adding: “He mustn't have been local because he would have known Central Avenue is a dead end." 

Central Drive in Bournemouth (Image: Daily Echo)

A Dorset Police spokesman said: “We received a report at 3.09am on Wednesday November 2 that a vehicle had made off from officers in the area of Ringwood Road in Poole. 

“A further report was received at around 11.45am that the vehicle involved was believed to have been spotted in the Charminster area of Bournemouth. 

“Officers attended and the vehicle was stopped in the area of Meyrick Park.

"It was reported that two occupants left the scene on foot. Following searches of the area, one man was detained and was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle. 

“Enquiries are continuing to identify and locate a further suspect.”