Three men from Birmingham were arrested in Lancashire after the car they were travelling in was found to be carrying £25,000 in cash.
Police were on patrol on the M6 at around 3pm yesterday (27 May) when they stopped a black Mercedes G Wagon around junction 28 close to Leyland.
The car, the driver, and two passengers, were searched under section 23 of the misuse of drugs act. This allows police to carry out a search if they believe that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person is in possession of a controlled drug.
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The officers in question found around £25,000 in cash during their search.
The driver, a 30-year-old man from Birmingham, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering. The two passengers, men aged 34 and 43 also from Birmingham, were arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
The three men are in custody, police said.
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