Two arrested after £10,000 cash found in car driving through North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Police’s Operational Support Unit and Roads Policing Group located a suspicious vehicle and found about £10,000 in cash inside.

Officers carried out a roadside drug wipe on the driver, a 60-year-old man, and he was arrested on suspicion of drug driving and money laundering.

He was later charged with failing to provide a specimen of blood for analysis, and released under investigation while enquiries continue into the suspected money laundering.

The incident happened on Saturday June 13, at about 7.30pm, on the A1(M) southbound at junction 48, near Boroughbridge.

Officers had followed the Mercedes C200 and brought it to a stop south of junction 44 at Bramham.

Meanwhile, a second car travelling near the Mercedes, a VW Golf, left the motorway at junction 46.

Officers located it at the service area there.

The 26-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving, possession of cannabis and money laundering.

He has been charged with failing to provide a specimen of blood for analysis, received a cannabis warning for possession of cannabis, and released under investigation while enquiries continue into the suspected money laundering.

Both vehicles were seized for further examination.