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One cheap Lamborghini driver had a telling question to police after they seized a £168,000 vehicle.
Police took the supercar off the streets after it was found to be untaxed.
Soho Road Police, based in Handsworth, Birmingham, towed the Lamborghini Huracan away in the back of a truck.
Despite being worth so much, the driver hadn’t even taxed the vehicle.
Then, in a desperate attempt to stop the seizure, the driver asked police to use the officer’s number to tax the car.
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Alongside that, the motorist also lied to police, scrambling to get his story straight.
At first he claimed a friend had taxed it, then admitted, despite driving around in the £168,000 car, he couldn’t actually afford to tax it, police said.
The driver of the £168k supercar confessed he couldn't afford to tax it according to police (WMP)Now, he will have to pay a fine and to tax the car.
Images shared by the police show officers loading the bright orange car into a recovery lorry.
Soho Road Police took to Twitter to share the news, writing: "#Untaxed #Lamborghini #Huracan seized! Driver asked to use my phone to tax the vehicle.
"Then claimed his friend had taxed it, then said he couldn’t afford to tax it. Will have to tax it and pay a fine to get it back now!" The driver will be forced to pay the seizure fees in order to collect the vehicle.
The expensive car was seized in Handsworth, Birmingham (WMP)
Despite seemingly being able to afford the supercar, the driver hadn't taxed it, then tried lying to police about it (WMP)According to West Midlands Police, motorists whose vehicles are seized will have only specific days, and hours, to collect their car.
Drivers will also need to pay a seizure fee and produce certain documents to recover their vehicle.
The force states on its website: "When your vehicle was seized you will have been given a vehicle seizure form (WT840 or WT841). You will only be able to reclaim your vehicle Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm, and this must be at the police station specified on the seizure form."
It went on to add that once the forms have been processed you would have to "pay the seizure fees" before getting your vehicle back.
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