Police find cocaine worth £1.2m in van on M74

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Cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.2m has been found in a van on the M74 in South Lanarkshire, Police Scotland has said.

Officers from Dumfries and Galloway road policing unit found 30kg (66lbs) of the Class A drug during a search of a Mercedes Benz Sprinter van.

The had stopped the vehicle on the motorway near Abington at about 16:15 on Thursday.

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged.

He is expected to appear at Airdrie Sherriff Court later.

Map: Abington