A MAN has been arrested after failing to stop for police while driving the wrong way down the M4.

The driver, a man in his 50s from Wokingham, was travelling westbound on the motorway near Reading at about 9.30pm on March 2.

Wiltshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit were alerted by Thames Valley Police to a pursuit on the M4. When the driver crossed the border into Wiltshire, the Roads Policing Unit and officers from the Fortitude Team became involved.

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Stingers were deployed just after junction 15 for Swindon but the driver avoided these by doing a U-turn.

He was then successfully boxed in by officers and arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to stop for police.

He was also arrested in connection with multiple offences, including theft, fraud and common assault, across a number of different forces.

He remains in custody for questioning.

Inspector Will Ayres of the Roads Policing Unit said: “This was an excellent piece of collaborative work between different forces and different units within Wiltshire Police.

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“It was an incredibly reckless piece of driving across dozens of miles of motorway and it is fortunate that the driver didn’t cause a collision with a member of the public.

“There can be no excuse for his actions or for failing to stop for police.”