A motorist saw their car seized after they were pulled over by the South Wales Police Roads Policing Unit without valid tax for the past 18 months. The vehicle was spotted on Gelligaer Street late last night (March 22).
The driver will now have to pay back the backdated tax owed before they can be reunited with the vehicle. Any motorist caught driving without valid tax it could be fined up to £1,000. However, the number of untaxed vehicles has trebled since tax discs were scrapped in 2014, according to the latest data from the Department for Transport.
A photograph of the vehicle accompanied a post last night at 11:34pm, which recounted the incident on the South Wales Police Roads Policing Unit Twitter account.
The post read: "Incident 1285. Gelligaer Street, @SWPCardiff. 18 months without tax Now seized and driver will have to back date tax owed before vehicle is released. A costly mistake and a long walk home!"
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