direct to your inboxA driver who falsely registered a car under the name 'Freddie Flintoff' led police on a high-speed chase through north Manchester.When police seized the car they found more than ten empty fuel drums and a syphoning kit.Officers joked that the famous cricketer would be unlikely to get himself into such a 'sticky wicket'.Police from the transport unit first tried to stop the driver of the Citroen Picasso on Tuesday.It led to a 'short pursuit' around Monsall and Collyhurst, before the car was abandoned, officers said on Facebook.In the post on the GMP Manchester North Facebook page, PC Marc said: "Turned out it was on false plates with a fictitious keeper named Freddie Flintoff!!"Don't think Freddie would be getting himself.
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