A man has missed his own wedding after he was arrested on his stag do following a high-speed pursuit in nearly £600,000 worth of super-cars.
The 28-year-old man is said to have hired the vehicles, which included a Lamborghini Gallardo, two Audi R8’s and two AMG Mercedes, on Friday evening in Manchester.
He was then arrested along with five of his friends after one of the Audis rammed a police car following a street fight at around 1am.
Police were forced to chase the revellers’ fleet of performance cars through the city centre towards Oldham before finally managing to stop them in Failsworth.
One witness, who was at a petrol station when the cars drove by, said they thought officers had no chance of catching the convoy.
They said: ‘I saw the cars going by. At the front was a Lamborghini, which was going really fast.
‘There was no chance anyone was catching up with it.’
A spokesman initially teased social media users by writing: ‘Groom likely to miss wedding after stag do ends up like Fast & Furious.’
A final tweet read: ‘Groom + 5 mates were released 10.30pm on bail. Not sure what the wedding arrangements are now…’
Police confirmed a 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault, dangerous driving and driving while under the influence of drink and/or drugs on Saturday.
Another man, aged 24, was arrested on suspicion of assault, possession of cannabis and of driving while under the influence of drink and/or drugs.
Three men, aged 20, 26 and 27, were also arrested on suspicion of assault, and another, aged 23, was arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis and cocaine.
They have all been bailed.
