Two members of the public helped officers after the driver of this Transit van resisted arrest.
He had been stopped in Water Street, Preston, after police noticed the windscreen was cracked in the top corner. The driver failed a roadside test for cannabis.placeholder image
Two members of the public helped officers after the driver of this Transit van resisted arrest. He had been stopped in Water Street, Preston, after police noticed the windscreen was cracked in the top corner. The driver failed a roadside test for cannabis.

Drugs, chases, no insurance and someone sat on the floor of a van: All in a week's work for Lancashire's Road Police team

Drugs, drugs and more drugs.

Of the nine incidents flagged up on Lancashire Road Police’s social media account this week, seven have involved positive roadside drug tests or possession of drugs.

Other incidents have focused on drivers without insurance and without a licence.

To find out more about this week’s work on the county’s highways, click the pages below.

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