A bid to drive abandoned and illegally-parked vehicles off city streets has scored another success.
Police, council and driving licence officers discovered 195 untaxed vehicles in their latest swoop on the Westbourne area of Hove.
Another 23 vehicles were given fixed penalty notices and 14 more were issued with red notices giving the owners seven days to move them or they would be towed away.
The move was part of Operation Crackdown, launched in the Westbourne and Wish areas of Hove two weeks ago.
Brighton and Hove City Council has joined the initiative and welcomed the latest figures.
Conservative group leader and Westbourne councillor Brian Oxley has offered to write to the DVLA at Swansea in a bid to speed up prosecution of vehicle owners caught by the operation.
A council spokeswoman said: "With the DVLA and the police we can make a huge difference."
Police discovered 280 untaxed vehicles during a blitz of the Westbourne area last week.
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