A Ferrari valued at about £3.7m was among 90 vehicles seized by police during a weekend operation against antisocial driving in central London.
The Metropolitan Police said the vehicles, worth more than £8m in total, were taken in Kensington, Chelsea and Hyde Park between Friday and Sunday. Officers targeted uninsured, antisocial and dangerous driving.
The Ferrari Monza SP2 is one of 499 built by the Italian manufacturer and had been in the UK for a day when it was stopped, the force said.
The Met said the driver had been in the car for less than half an hour, held only a provisional licence and had no insurance. A Monza SP2 sold at auction for £3.7m ($4.9m) earlier this year.
Fifteen vehicles were taken under powers that allow officers to seize a car immediately where it has been used antisocially, rather than issue a warning first.
Special Ch Insp Geoff Tatman, who led the operation, said: “We regularly hear from local people who are fed up with people driving cars dangerously in the area, or with modifications which make them a nuisance to those who live nearby.”
He said seizing vehicles was intended to keep roads safe and deter dangerous driving.
Officers also arrested a man on suspicion of handling stolen goods and money laundering after finding 19 bank cards in other people’s names and more than £2,500 in cash, the Met said.
A second man, stopped on suspicion of driving without insurance, was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to supply.
Two further arrests were made, one on suspicion of using words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and one on suspicion of an immigration offence.
The Met said the number and value of the vehicles seized was the highest in the five years the operation has run.
By BBC News
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