Lancashire police find £12,000 in car at service station

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Police stopped the driver at the Rivington Services on the M61

About £12,000 in cash was found in a car at a motorway service station, police have said.

Officers found the money after stopping the driver at Rivington Services on the M61 in Lancashire on Thursday afternoon.

Lancashire Police said they arrested a 27-year-old man from Glasgow at the scene on suspicion of money laundering offences.

He is currently in custody, Lancashire Police said.

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