Police stinger halts driver found with drugs and fake gun He was chased by police along the A16 at Surfleet A stinger device was used to stop the vehicle during a police chase on the A16 at Surfleet in Spalding. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police A 22-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences after a stinger device was used to stop his vehicle during a police chase on the A16 at Surfleet in Spalding. An officer pursued a silver Mercedes Benz after the driver, who was uninjured in the incident, appeared to act suspiciously upon seeing the police car on blue lights at around 12pm on Tuesday, March 9.