CANNABIS was seized from a driver and a stolen car was stopped by officers on their evening patrol. 

Officers from Dorset Police Rural Crime Team had a busy evening on Friday, February 7. 

The officers managed to stop and search a driver and their vehicle in the north Dorset area. 

They said they managed to locate and seize cannabis from the driver. 

The team also helped to stop and seize a Range Rover that was reported to be stolen. 

A spokesperson for Dorset Police Rural Crime Team said: “We assisted a red squad response officer in stopping and seizing a reported stolen Range Rover in the Shaftesbury area.”

As well as this, the team conducted various enquiries and responded to multiple incidents. 

The spokesperson said: “This evening officers from the team on rural patrol conducted enquiries into a rural burglary.”

They added they “responded to a report of intruders on a building site in the Witchampton area”.