"BIG boys' who want to do play with their toys have been warned not to do it in North Wales after a partnership between a community council and police tracked down a driver whose 4x4 got stuck in the mud.

CCTV recently installed in Llanarmon DC and Ceiriog helped alert local residents and police to the incident today (May 18).

The driver of the vehicle that became stuck in the mud has been reported by police for breaching coronavirus regulations .

The incident happened on the Wayfarer track and police were alerted by local residents.

Wrexham Rural Police tweeted: "The occupants of this vehicle (who’s decision making is as good as their driving) have been reported for breaching covid regulations today."

The track, which starts near Llanarmon Dyffryn-Ceiriog, goes over mountainous, woodland and rocky terrain.

Jonathan Greatorex, chairman of Ceiriog Uchaf Community Council, said the results was thanks to the CCTV system and Wrexham Rural Police Team, especially Sgt Luke Hughes.

He said: "A few years ago we had a cutting edge CCTV system installed and it was this that alerted us to what happened and that the people from the vehicle were in Chirk.

He added that the message was not to come to North Wales for illegal off-roading - especially to Llanarmon DC as drivers will almost certainly be caught.

The track is currently closed by a traffic order due to damage and erosion caused by off-road vehicles.

Ceiriog Valley councillor Trevor Bates said the track had been closed for some time and there were signs telling people not to drive on it.

He said: "I am absolutely delighted that police have taken this action."

"The police have done a good job up there but we still occasionally get people driving on there, often they are coming from outside the area. It is not safe, if you take a 4x4 on there you can easily end up at 45 degrees and some parts are so steep that if you go down you could be a goner. The last thing we want at this time is people having accidents on there.

"They have gone off the main track, to get where they are it's big boys playing with their toys. There's no mobile reception up there and if they had have got into trouble it would probably mean the air ambulance coming out.

"It is a time when resources are needed in the towns really.

"The vehicle is still there and no we are going to have other vehicles going out there to get it out."