Published by Robert L Senior Reporter, on Thursday, 9th May 2024, at 18:23hrs
Come rain or shine Lancashire Police are out on the roads 24 hours a day 365 days a year keeping us, the public and the roads of Lancashire safe from criminals who use the road network to carry out their criminal activity.
With a dedicated roads policing team, Lancs Police Specialist Ops give a weekly roundup up of their work and here is what they had to say,
Lancashire Polices Specialist Ops said in a social media post, “All in a week’s work’ they say (there was too much for a single day!), and a busy week it has been for our SpecOps and Roads teams!
It’s a Thursday (again, not quite the end of the week), the sun is out (ish), and it’s time for a weekly roundup:
Yesterday, we stopped a car on Walton Summit Road in Preston. Upon searching the BMW, approximately £18,000 in cash was discovered.
A 56-year-old man from Leicester has been arrested on suspicion of Money Laundering. He is currently in custody.
Our officers signalled for a yellow Mercedes to stop yesterday, but it sped up, driving through the town centre. Our officers pulled into a multi-storey carpark in Blackburn, just as the occupants got out of their vehicle. They then began to run off and were pursued by our officers. A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and supplying a controlled drug. He is currently in custody. A 27-year-old-man was arrested on suspicion of supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug. He is currently in custody.
At around 3pm on Friday, May 3, our officers signalled for a grey Suzuki Grand Vitara to stop. The Suzuki instead continued to drive on, speeding up and weaving through the lanes, driving on the hard shoulder at 80mph.
But if speeding up wasn’t enough, he then left the motorway at junction 31, travelling the wrong way down the A59. The vehicle was stung but continued to drive off. He was eventually brought to a stop by our officers.
A 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dangerous driving and drug driving.
Patrick McCann, 25, was later charged with failing to stop, dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and theft from a motor vehicle. He was remanded into custody to appear at Preston Magistrates Court yesterday.
The following day, a Mercedes A class was stopped in Preston. It was found to have around £22,000 cash inside.
A 40-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of Money Laundering. She has since been bailed whilst our enquiries continue.
An 18-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of Money Laundering. She has since been bailed whilst our enquiries continue.
An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of Money Laundering. He has since been bailed whilst our enquiries continue.
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