Entire borough under police order for 24 hours

A borough-wide dispersal order has been imposed by police to prevent an illegal car race.

Officers would enforce the order for the Wigan Borough for 24 hours, until 12:00 BST on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

"This is in relation to information received regarding a possible car meet on Westwood Way, Wigan later today," the force said.

Anyone found driving dangerously or in an anti-social manner faced having their vehicle seized and possible prosecution, it added.

The order gives officers extra powers to deal with anti-social behaviour.

They can instruct people to leave the area immediately and those who disobey can be arrested.

Car meets involve illegal gatherings of large groups of people and potentially dangerous driving by high performance cars.

"There will be a police presence to enforce the order and positive action will be taken against any individual driving dangerously, carelessly or in an anti-social manner," a GMP spokesperson said.

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