A Ferrari Monza SP2 valued at £3.7M ($5M) was among 90 vehicles taken by the Metropolitan Police in central London between 7 and 9 August 2026. The force puts the total value at more than £8M. Rather than call a recovery truck, an officer drove the open-top Ferrari to the pound through Mayfair with a police convoy behind.
The timing matters more than the spectacle. Regulations that came into force on 22 July 2026 cut the period during which police must hold a confiscated vehicle before disposing of it from 14 days to seven days. Every car taken that weekend, therefore, sat on a clock, half the length it would have run a month earlier.
