Belgian police cars fall foul of tighter controls on urban emissions

Federal force unable to afford to bring fleet into line with new regulations in major cities

Belgium's federal police have fallen foul of tighter emissions controls that come into force at the start of the year, with some of its cars and vans now too dirty to enter the cities of Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent.

The force said it was unable to afford to renew its entire fleet of several thousand vehicles and had already told the authorities about the situation.