A car has been seized and a driver reported after they were caught driving on the road without a proper licence.

GMP Traffic reported that they stopped a black Ford Focus after seeing it being driven in a poor manner on the A666 coming out of Bolton.

The driver was subsequently pulled over after checks and found to to only be a provisional licence holder with no supervision.

The incident was reported on GMP Traffic's Twitter at 11:14pm last night showing the car being seized on the side of a residential road.

The post read: "Stopped this car after seeing it being driven in a poor manner on the A666 out of Bolton.

"Checks revealed provisional licence holder who was unsupervised and not displaying any L plates.

"Vehicle seized. Driver reported. Another danger off the road."