Moment furious Spanish cop slaps Brit driver as crowd call for him to be 'killed' after he led officers on wild car chase the wrong way down a motorway near Benidorm

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This is the dramatic moment angry Spaniards called for a crazed British driver to be killed after he was slapped in the face by police following a ‘Fast and Furious’-style car chase in Spain’s Costa Blanca. 

Footage shows the unnamed 49-year-old man being pinned down by Spanish Guardia Civil as stunned bystanders crowd around the dramatic scene.

One police officer can be seen smacking the Brit’s face and telling him to shut up as he tries to protest his arrest. 

‘Cover his head and kill him’, one irate local is heard saying in the background. 

A separate clip shows the British man being yanked to his feet and dragged away in a near-foetal position with his hands cuffed behind his back ad his legs pinned togther. 

‘Son of a b***h’. a distressed woman yells, as the detainee stares defiantly at the angry crowd surrounding him.

The Brit was arrested for alleged reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs after heading the wrong way up the A-7 motorway for more than six miles as police chased him – before speeding through the Costa Blanca town of Alcoy. 

Footage of his crazed drive, which ended when he smashed into parked cars in a main road in Alcoy, showed him speeding past an astonished Spanish motorist and veering onto the wrong side of the road in a red Honda Civic hatchback. 

A Brit was slapped in the face by Spanish police after he was chased down and arrested for speeding in the wrong direction up a Costa Blance motorway

A Brit was slapped in the face by Spanish police after he was chased down and arrested for speeding in the wrong direction up a Costa Blance motorway

Footage shows the unnamed 49-year-old man being pinned down by Spanish Guardia Civil

Footage shows the unnamed 49-year-old man being pinned down by Spanish Guardia Civil 

The Brit was arrested for alleged reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs after heading the wrong way up the A-7 motorway for more than six miles

The Brit was arrested for alleged reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs after heading the wrong way up the A-7 motorway for more than six miles

Motorists were put in danger during the police chase as he sped through built-up areas across roundabouts and down narrow streets.

Miraculously no-one was injured during the pursuit. 

But one of the videos that emerged overnight showed a cop asking for help for a female colleague who appeared to have been injured as the arrest was carried out.

The incident started unfolding around 6pm yesterday when local police were alerted to the fact a driver was speeding the wrong way up the motorway towards Valencia.

The footage of the chase showed him driving onto the wrong side of N-340 dual carriageway in the municipality of Muro and speeding towards Alcoy, near Benidorm.

Cops from other forces, including local town hall-employed officers and the National Police, were called on to assist and try to stop him as he reached the town.

Guardia Civil traffic officers from Benidorm are now preparing a report for a local court.

It was not immediately clear today whether the arrested man had already appeared before an investigating judge, who will be tasked with deciding whether to remand him in custody or release him on bail.

Motorists were put in danger during the police chase

Motorists were put in danger during the police chase

The incident started unfolding around 6pm yesterday when local police were alerted to the fact a driver was speeding the wrong way up the motorway towards Valencia.

The incident started unfolding around 6pm yesterday when local police were alerted to the fact a driver was speeding the wrong way up the motorway towards Valencia.

Cops from other forces, including local town hall-employed officers and the National Police, were called on to assist and try to stop him

Cops from other forces, including local town hall-employed officers and the National Police, were called on to assist and try to stop him

No information has yet come out on whether the detainee owned the vehicle he was driving, or whether he was living in the local area. 

Alcoy Town Hall’s Security Councillor Raul Llopis said: ‘Luckily no-one was injured and the damage was just material damage to cars that were hit.’




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