A man from Manchester was found on the M6 with a car stashed full of drugs worth £30,000. David Hughes, 39, of Arrowfield Road, Manchester, was stopped by police in his BMW on the motorway in October of this year.
During the stop and search, on October 27, officers searched the vehicle under the misuse of drugs act, where they uncovered five kilograms of cannabis worth £15,000 to £25,000 in the boot, as well as £12,500 worth of cocaine and £1,000 worth of MDMA tablets hidden in voids within the structure of the car.
Hughes was found to have played a significant role in a sophisticated drug-trafficking operation, with over seventeen journeys made from Manchester to south Cumbria between June and October 2022 in order to supply drugs into Cumbria.
