Hunt for driver who drove circles around police and then abandoned car

Road Policing Scotland condemn 'dangerous, anti social driving' following incident in Cowdenbeath.

Police in Fife are looking for the driver of an SUV who drove in circles around officers before abandoning the vehicle.

Road Policing Scotland said “dangerous, anti social driving is not acceptable” following the incident, which happened in Cowdenbeath, Fife, on Monday night.

Video shared on social media showed the vehicle circling the police car three times.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Police received a number of reports of a car being driven dangerously in the High Street area of Cowdenbeath in the evening of Monday, 21 February, 2022.

“Officers attended and the car was subsequently traced and uplifted. Enquiries are ongoing.”

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