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Heroin worth £1.7m found in holdall in car near St Neots

Cambridgeshire Police Drugs in a bagCambridgeshire Police
Police said they did not "expect" to find a bag of drugs in a car close to St Neots

A bag containing heroin with a street value of £1.7m has been discovered unexpectedly by police after a car was pulled over.

Officers stopped the vehicle close to the Black Cat Roundabout, on the A1 near St Neots, on Friday morning.

Cambridgeshire Police said: "Well that's not what you usually find in a holdall."

A man, in his 30s, has been arrested in connection with class A drug supply and is in police custody.

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