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UK: £750,000 cannabis haul is found in back of lorry on M1 in Northamptonshire
Northampton Chronicle Tuesday 06 Dec 2011 The drugs were found in the back of the truck after it was stopped on a section of the M1 motorway, near Crick, on 8.45pm on Friday. A 34-year-old man was arrested at the scene. A further two lorries, believed to be travelling in convoy with the first truck, were followed into Warwickshire where they were also eventually stopped. Two men, aged 34 and 45, were also arrested. A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police said: “A quantity of what is believed to be cannabis resin with a street value of between £500,000 and £750,000 was recovered from the first lorry after it was pulled over as part of a routine stop and search. “The other two lorries are currently being searched.” All the men arrested at the scene have been released on bail. The haul was made made less than four weeks after police denied Northamptonshire had a growing drugs problem after it emerged seizures across the county have spiralled by more than 400 per cent over the past decade. New figures from the Home Office have revealed police carried out more drugs seizures per person in Northamptonshire last year than any of the other four forces across the East Midlands. The figures revealed the number of drugs seizures across the county has increased by 43 per cent in the last 12 months, the second biggest increase of any area in the country. Indeed, over the past 10 years the number of drug busts in Northamptonshire has swelled by 411 per cent, the new statistics have shown. Between April 1, 2010, and March 31, this year, police in Northamptonshire made 2,147 drugs seizures compared to only 420 in 2001. As the Chronicle & Echo revealed earlier this year, cannabis remains the biggest problem in the county, with 1.3 tonnes of herbal cannabis taken off the streets in the last 12 months. http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/crime/750_000_cannabis_haul_is_found_in_back_of_lorry_on_m1_in_northamptonshire_1_3311085
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