A flatbed van in an unroadworthy condition was stopped on the A14 at Bury St Edmunds yesterday, Monday 19th April.

The van stopped after officers spotted the driver wasn’t wearing a seat belt and carrying an insecure load.

Officers then found that the vehicle was 600kgs overweight, had broken suspension, a seriously corroded body, broken lights and a defective parking brake.

Officers prohibited the vehicle.

Vehicle stopped #A14 #BSE. Driver dealt with for an insecure load, no seatbelt & gross weight 600kgs over. Vehicle prohibited for the overweight, broken suspension, seriously corroded body, lighting issue & defective parking brake @BuryStEdsPolice #PG9 #PC1787 #PC1320 pic.twitter.com/HZTlvcHBpv

— Norfolk & Suffolk Roads and Armed Policing Team (@NSRAPT) April 19, 2021