Driver arrested at Charnock Richard services on M6

Police stopped a van driver at Charnock Richard services <i>(Image: Google Maps)</i>
Police stopped a van driver at Charnock Richard services (Image: Google Maps)
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering after police found £40,000 in cash in a car on the M6.

Police patrolling on the motorway in Lancashire stopped a grey Renault Traffic van at Charnock Richard services at around 10pm on Tuesday (January 6).

Officers searched the vehicle under section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act and discovered the cash.

The van driver, a 29-year-old man from Birmingham, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and is currently in custody.

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