A man has landed himself a prison sentence after £80,000 of drugs were found in his BMW.
Amphetamine worth £80,000 was seized when Lancashire Police officers stopped a car which had been travelling on the M6, police said.
On 19 March this year, officers requested that a BMW 320 being driven by Christopher O’Neill leave the motorway at Broughton.
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The car was searched on Garstang Road and a bag was found in the boot.
The bag contained four vacuum sealed packages of amphetamine with each package weighing around 2kg. The estimated street-value of the amphetamine was £80,000.
O’Neill was arrested, subsequently charged and remanded into custody following enquiries by detectives.
O’Neill, 57, of Convent Crescent, Blackpool, appeared for sentence at Preston Crown Court this week after pleading guilty to possession of a Class B controlled drug with intent to supply.
He was jailed for three years and nine months.
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