A shot was fired during a car chase along the M1 near Dungannon, Co Tyrone, yesterday. The incident began in Coagh, Co Tyrone, where a man who was arrested escaped by stealing an RUC Vauxhall Vectra. Police pursued the man on the M1. At one stage the stolen RUC car was driven on the wrong side of the motorway. Police fired one shot but no one was hit.
The pursuit ended when the stolen car crashed. The driver was arrested and treated in hospital. He had been arrested in Coagh on suspicion of trying to steal another vehicle.