M6 motorist's £10,000 cash detained after inconsistent story

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 06:09 · Archive

Carlisle Magistrates' Court has detained £10,000 found in a car stopped on the M6 for six months.

Police stopped a 46-year-old man driving alone on the southbound M6 on the morning of 4 October. When questioned about his journey, he said he had travelled to London the previous day to visit his girlfriend in Glasgow and was returning after staying at a hotel.

When pressed for details by a financial investigator, the man became unsettled and increasingly agitated. He was unable to recall the name of his girlfriend, the name of the hotel, or its specific location.

Officers searched the vehicle and found approximately £10,000 in cash, mostly Scottish banknotes, in a white plastic bag. The driver said the money belonged to his cousin, but police were not satisfied with this explanation. They believed the cash could be linked to criminal activity. Police also discovered the vehicle was neither registered nor insured to the driver.

The force applied to Carlisle Magistrates' Court for the formal detention of the seized cash to undertake detailed financial checks. The court granted the application on Tuesday, ruling that the money should be detained for six months.

How it is being reported

• M6 motorist with £10,000 cash in plastic bag 'couldn't remember girlfriend's name'£10,000 in suspected criminal cash found in an M6 motorist’s car has been detained for six months by Carlisle Magistrates’ Court after an October 4 stop.NW Evening Mail · 7 Oct, 05:00
• M6 motorist with £10,000 cash in plastic bag 'couldn't remember girlfriend's name'£10,000 in suspected criminal cash found in an M6 motorist’s car has been detained for six months by Carlisle Magistrates’ Court after an October 4 stop.News & Star · 7 Oct, 05:00
• M6 motorist with £10,000 cash in plastic bag 'couldn't remember girlfriend's name'£10,000 in suspected criminal cash found in an M6 motorist’s car has been detained for six months by Carlisle Magistrates’ Court after an October 4 stop.Whitehaven News · 7 Oct, 05:00
• M6 motorist with £10,000 cash in plastic bag 'couldn't remember girlfriend's name'£10,000 in suspected criminal cash found in an M6 motorist’s car has been detained for six months by Carlisle Magistrates’ Court after an October 4 stop.Westmorland Gazette · 7 Oct, 05:00

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