Bag for life stuffed with cash discovered during crackdown on drink and drug drivers
A bag for life stuffed with £50,000 in cash was found during an operation to clamp down on drink and drug drivers.
Officers stopped a Hyundai Tucson at Charnock Richard services, off the M61, . From the outside the bag looked like an ordinary grocery bag, but when officers discovered the bank notes, they arrested the driver on suspicion of money laundering.
The 27-year-old, from Norfolk, has been released on bail while investigations continue.
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At around 3:50pm, the same day, October 23, police received a report of someone suspected to be drink driving. Officers stopped a van with a trailer, on Rigby Rd, Blackpool, and the driver gave a roadside breath reading of 44. The legal limit is 35.
Iain Turner, 44, of Constable Street, Manchester, was charged with drink driving and has been bailed to appear at Lancaster Magistrates Court on 17th January 2025.
At around 8:45pm, officers spotted a car driving erratically in Blackburn. Later in the evening, it was stopped on Ainsworth Street in Blackburn. The driver gave a positive drug wipe for Cannabis.
A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug driving. He has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.
At 9:26pm, a Vauxhall Corsa was stopped on Hyde Road in Blackpool. The driver of the car gave a positive drug wipe for Cannabis. A 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving whilst under the influence of drugs and has been released under investigation whilst our enquiries continue.
At 12:30am on Friday October 24, a driver was stopped on London Way, Preston, and provided a roadside breath sample of 60 – almost double the drink drive limit. Hayley Craig, 52, of Penkford Street, Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside was charged with driving a motor vehicle with alcohol above the limit.
She was bailed to appear before Preston Magistrates Court on 7th November 2024.
If you suspect someone is drink or drug driving, or if you have information you want to report to us, contact Lancashire Police on 101.