Two men have appeared in court after 22kg of cannabis was found in a vehicle on the M6.
Officers from Cumbria’s Roads Policing Unit stopped the vehicle, which was travelling southbound on the M6 near Penrith yesterday afternoon, July 31.
Cannabis weighing around 22kg, was found and seized from the vehicle.
Aaron Keepax, 38, of Grizedale Place, Heysham, and Louis Holloway, 3, of South Road, Morecambe, were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class B drugs.
Detectives from Westmorland and Furness’ Cumbria’s Serious and Organised Crime unit charged and remanded both men.
The men appeared before South Cumbria Magistrates Court this morning, August 1.
Keepax has been remanded in custody until a further hearing on September 1 and Holloway was released on bail.
