Man held after car crashed into police station gates and rammed patrol vehicle

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A man, aged 36, has been arrested after a car reversed into the gates of a police station and rammed a police car twice.

The incident happened in west Belfast on Tuesday morning.

The PSNI said the car, a red Ford Focus, reversed into the front gate of Woodbourne police station shortly before 11am causing some “minor damage”.

Arrest after car "reversed into the front gate of Woodbourne police station" then "rammed a police vehicle twice."

Police in west Belfast are calling it "a strange incident."

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Inspector Davy McBride said: “The vehicle initially made off and local officers pursued it at low speed into Lenadoon Avenue, where it rammed a police vehicle twice, before driving into a wall and coming to a stop.

“The male was arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including driving while unfit, failing to remain and report an accident and is currently helping with enquiries.

“While this was a strange incident, local officers were quickly able to remove an unsafe driver from a very busy, residential area.”

Officers are appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident to contact the PSNI on 101 and quote reference number 595 of 22/06/21.