Police pursuit ends near Dolphin Expressway on Le Jeune Road

Police officers stopped the driver of a white Mercedes-Benz on Thursday along Le Jeune Road in Miami-Dade County. (Copyright 2022 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police officers surrounded a white Mercedes-Benz on Thursday causing temporary traffic delays on Le Jeune Road in Miami-Dade County.

Two unmarked black pickup trucks and three unmarked sports utility vehicles blocked the Mercedes-Benz on the southbound lanes of Le Jeune Road — leaving only one lane open to traffic.

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Two police officers in plain clothes, who were wearing bulletproof vests, stood on each side of the car and talked to a driver and a passenger who was wearing a pale neon green mini dress.

The passenger stepped out of the car and briefly talked to two police officers who wore blue jeans and short-sleeve T-shirts. A uniformed police officer also responded.

Police officers surrounded a white Mercedes-Benz on Thursday on Le Jeune Road in Miami-Dade County. (Copyright 2022 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

Shortly before 12 p.m., the officers drove away in their unmarked cars and cleared the traffic backup.

The police officers had followed the driver of the four-door vehicle westbound on the Dolphin Expressway, and the pursuit was related to a human trafficking investigation, according to police scanner traffic.

The information that dispatch received had not been confirmed by a Miami-Dade Police Department spokesperson.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Guadalupe Monarrez contributed to this report.

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