A MACHETE and class A drugs were thrown from a cloned car stopped by police in Dudley.

Traffic officers spotted the cloned car which made off from them on Sunday August 25.

During the chase the driver discarded the drugs and a machete, which police found.

West Midlands Police Traffic said on social media: "RoadCrimeTeam officers saw this cloned car in Dudley.

"It made off and was pursued during which the driver discarded a large amount of class A drugs and a machete which we recovered.

"He then decamped before being caught and arrested where checks also found the car was recently stolen."