Two suspected drug drivers were arrested after a 140MPH police chase on the A1.

Officers were called to the major road at around 5.30pm on Tuesday (October 15) after receiving information that a car - linked to a burglary in the County Durham area - was heading towards North Yorkshire. 

The vehicle was tracked to Wetherby Services, where it failed to stop for North Yorkshire Police officers and drove off at speed - with police following as the car reached speeds in excess of 140mph. 

The car - which was also driving erratically along the road - left the motorway at junction 44 where officers used a stinger device to deflate its tyres.

It continued travelling before coming to a stop nearby and the occupants then ran from the vehicle.

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They were arrested in fields in the Aberford area following a short chase on foot.

The two men, one aged 25, from Doncaster and one aged 29, of no fixed address, were both arrested on suspicion of burglary, dangerous driving, failing to stop for the police, possessing a knife and drug driving.

They were taken into police custody and will be transferred into the custody of Durham Constabulary.