M621 closure: Police led incident causes traffic chaos during rush hour in West Yorkshire

The M621 was been closed in Leeds for a number of hours due to a police led incident.

The M621 was closed westbound/southbound between J1 for Beeston and the M62 J27 due to the incident at around 3.30pm on Thursday (Jan 12).

Traffic was diverted via the A6110 northbound and the A62 southbound, Highways Yorkshire said.

Shortly after 5pm, Highways Yorkshire said the motorway reopened with one lane closed. The lane reopened at around 8pm.

There were delays of up to 20 minutes and queues of around three miles.