A man was stopped on the M1 with a meat cleaver and £5m of cocaine inside his car.
Jansen McDonald, 51, from Wigan, was part of a huge criminal enterprise which operated across the country. However, he was caught on July 12 this year when Northumbria Police officers, assisted by Nottinghamshire Police and South Yorkshire Police, carried out a tactical stop of his vehicle, on the A1 near Doncaster.
When officers searched his vehicle, they found a meat cleaver and 50 kilograms of suspected cocaine inside – which Northumbria Police said has a potential street value of up to £5m. McDonald was arrested and subsequently charged.
