Suspected car thief flees into Asda’s Chelmsley Wood store after police chase

A suspected car thief fled into Asda’s Chelmsley Wood store after leading police and the force helicopter on a five-mile chase.

Officers tailed a black Ford Kuga seen being driven erratically around Alum Rock at just after 9pm on Friday 13th January – but it refused to stop and the patrol car was joined by a police helicopter in a chase across east Birmingham.

The Ford eventually stopped outside the Asda store in Bosworth Drive, Chelmsley Wood.

West Midlands Police said the driver ran inside to take cover but was stopped as he tried to run out by waiting officers.

A force spokesman said a 23-year-old was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving and possession of cannabis.

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