Police Seize Cash from Cross-Border Vegetable Run

Cumbria Police recovered £29,000 in cash from a vehicle travelling south on the M6.

Officers' attention was drawn to the Seat Alhambra as it sped through the county on Wednesday, 18th February 2026.

As a result of information obtained they caused the vehicle to stop and conducted a search of it.

Inside they discovered £29,000 in cash contained within two plastic bags.

The 37-year-old driver told officers he had travelled to Glasgow the previous day and was on his way home to London.

The nervous-looking driver claimed to have been given the cash at a vegetable shop in Glasgow, but was unable to provide its name or address. He also had no documents confirming the origin of the cash.

Cumbria Police made an application to Carlisle Magistrates' Court for the detention of the cash.

Addressing the court, the investigator said: "I have reasonable grounds to suspect the cash is recoverable property or intended to be used in unlawful conduct."

Magistrates granted the application.

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