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Driver caught smoking heroin on motorway

Merseyside Police Police went to check on the driver as they thought he had broken down but was found with heroinMerseyside Police
Police went to check on the driver as they thought he had broken down

A driver was caught by police officers about to smoke heroin on the hard shoulder of a motorway.

Merseyside Police said its officers thought the driver has broken down on the M62 near Rainhill, Merseyside, just after 19:00 BST on Monday.

But they found him about to take the drug and and in a state "clearly unfit" to drive.

The 60-year-old, of Old Swan, Liverpool, then tested positive for cocaine and was arrested.

He was questioned on suspicion of drug driving and possession of controlled drugs and later released under investigation.

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