CHESHIRE Police has seized 28 cars during a week-long operation to clamp down on foreign national criminals using roads in the area.

As part of Operation Trivium, 250 cars were stopped in Cheshire, with three arrests made, and 63 penalty notices handed out.

Superintendent Bev Raistrick said: "Despite the fact legislation states that all foreign vehicles being driven in the UK must be registered with the DVLA within six months, it is currently estimated that 15,000 motorists in the UK are driving foreign registered vehicles on UK roads.

"As the details of these vehicles are not held by UK authorities can be used by criminals as a means to escape enforcement from the authorities.

"Our operation was part of a national drive to disrupt those using unregistered foreign vehicles."

The operation was carried out by police nationally.