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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Gary Porter & Sophie Halle-Richards

Police discover £125k in cash in Range Rover boot at M6 services... the driver 'couldn't explain why it was there'

A driver said he couldn't explain why police discovered £125,000 in cash inside the boot of their car, according to police.

The black Range Rover was stopped by officers on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) at a service station on the M6 motorway yesterday afternoon (February 9).

Police searched the vehicle which stopped at Sandbach Services, and a huge sum of cash was found inside, Cheshire Live reports.

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The money has since been seized.

No arrests were made at the scene and the cash has been passed on to HMRC.

A spokesperson for Cheshire Police said: "At around 3.50pm on Wednesday, February 9 officers stopped a black Range Rover at the M6 Sandbach Services on behalf of HMRC.

"No arrests were made but a large quantity of cash was seized from the vehicle which has been passed to HMRC."

Referring to the incident in a post on social media last night, North West Motorway Police said: "Our Cheshire Roads Crime Unit Patrols stopped a vehicle earlier at Sandbach Services.

"Located £125,000 in the vehicle. Driver couldn't explain where it had come from."

A HMRC spokesperson said: "We don’t comment on ongoing activity."

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