A MAN has been arrested following a police chase through North and East Yorkshire in snow and icy conditions.

North Yorkshire Police say that as the temperature plummeted to about -10C in some parts of the county on Thursday night (November 22) at about 1.45am a roads policing officer spotted a van parked on a rural road at Flixton near Filey.

The officer switched on his blue lights, but the driver didn’t want to stop and accelerated away.

What followed was a 30 minute pursuit along rural roads covered with ice and snow.

In the York control room a duty manager was monitoring the live video footage and radio commentary to assess the level of risk to the public and people involved.

Police say though, that thankfully, due to the treacherous weather conditions the pursuit remained at fairly low speeds.

A man in his 30s has been arrested following a police chase through North YorkshireA man in his 30s has been arrested following a police chase through North Yorkshire (Image: North Yorkshire Police) The van continued towards Filey, before turning off on the main road towards Grindale, it then went over the border into the Humberside police force area.

The force control room plotted up a unit with a stinger device in Burton Fleming who then successfully stung all four tyres.

The vehicle continued for a short distance before it was abandoned by the driver who made off on foot. North Yorkshire officers were then joined by police from Humberside Police and after a short foot chase the driver was caught in a garden.

Police say the driver, a man in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of numerous offences which include  dangerous driving, fail to stop for the police, drug driving, theft of a motor vehicle and possession of a suspected class – A and class – B drug.

He currently remains in police custody.

Chief Inspector Tom Ibbetson from our Specialist Operations Unit said: “ This is another example of great work by our operations unit during proactive patrols in the early hours of the morning.

“We work around the clock in any condition to target the people who cause the most harm to us and our communities.

“There is no let up, and we hope that word is getting out that North Yorkshire is not a place where you can get away with committing crime.”