'Excessive speed' driver arrested on M61 with 5kg drugs stash
A 37-year-old man from Salford was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class B drugs after a 5kg bag of suspected cannabis was found in his car.
A man has been arrested on the M61 near Chorley after driving at “excessive speed” with a 5kg bag of drugs stashed in his car.
Officers were on patrol on the M6 at 8pm last night (September 24) when they saw a white BMW speeding down the motorway.
The driver was pulled over at a service station near Botany Bay, Chorley, where both he and the car were searched for suspected possession of illegal substances.
It was then that officers discovered the bag of suspected cannabis in the boot of the car.
The driver, a 37-year-old man from Salford, was then arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class B drugs.
He now remains in police custody.