A PIRATE taxi driver has been arrested in Valencia after leading police on a chase through city streets, while carrying four passengers who he refused to let out.

The man was three times over the blood alcohol limit and had been banned from driving in January.

A Valencia Policia Local patrol spotted a Renault car committing a violation on Avenida Gaspar Aguilar last Saturday at 7.35am.

ILLEGAL CAB ‘CORNERED’ BY POLICE

Officers waved him down to stop but he ignored them- prompting a frantic chase involving several police cars racing down several streets in the city’s Patraix-Jesus district.

The clandestine taxi was illegally carrying four passengers who found themselves part of a movie-style car chase.

Fearing for their lives, they pleaded with the pirate operator to pull over and let them out but he refused.

The police finally intercepted the vehicle close to the cemetery on Avenida Tres Cruces.

Officers discovered that the motorist did not have a driving licence, as it was removed by a court in January.

A breathalyser test revealed that he was three-times over the alcohol limit.

The man refused to submit himself to a drug test and was handed over to a court to initiate proceedings.

The Valencia Policia Local have highlighted the ‘extreme seriousness’ of what happened which put the illegal passengers and other road users at risk.
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