Four people have been arrested by police in a two-day clampdown on illegal drivers.

They were taken into custody after officers set up checkpoints in Rochdale.

Officers used number plate recognition technology to stop cars suspected of being stolen or uninsured.

Three cars were seized for having no insurance and 65 fixed penalty notices were issued for various offences.

Officers took fingerprints of those people they stopped during the operation.

Insp Dave Lees said: "Our aim is to get uninsured, cloned, stolen or just downright dangerous vehicles off the road and to disrupt those who are using the roads in the area for criminal purposes.

"Initiatives like this area great way of showing the public that we are listening to them and are removing the criminals from our streets."

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