A CAR that was being driven "anti-socially" in the Swain House area has been seized by police after its driver abandoned it.

Officers had received numerous complaints from residents in the Grove House Road area about the blue Volkswagen.

An officer visited the area yesterday and spotted the nuisance car.

As soon as the driver saw the officer, he fled the car, leaving it on the side of the road.

The car was searched and seized. Police are now attempting to identify the driver.