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Gun and bottle of vodka seized as M6 driver arrested

A driver was arrested after a stolen car was stopped on the M6 near Birmingham and officers found an imitation handgun and a bottle of vodka.

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The incident occurred on Monday night and the car was stopped at around 10.30pm, according to the Central Motorway Police Group on Twitter.

The force said the car had been stopped after an operation in conjunction with Birmingham's police helicopter.

CMPG tweeted: "Stolen car stopped on the M6 with @NPASBirmingham not what we expected to find."

They further posted that the gun was not real but 'a pretty good imitation and the driver has been arrested for further offences'.

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