West Mercia Police received report of gun in vehicle on M6 that turned out to be hoax
Police intercepted a vehicle travelling on the M6 after reports of a gun inside - but the call turned out to be a hoax.
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West Mercia Police reportedly received a that the vehicle which was on the move in Staffordshire "may contain a gun".
The force passed the report onto local officers from Staffordshire Police, who managed to intercept the vehicle between J15 to J16.
However, the driver had allegedly made a false report about themselves and was dealt with for 'wasting police time.'
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, StaffsRCT wrote: "M6 J15 to J16 we intercepted a vehicle which West Merica police had receive a report may contain a gun.
"Further checks into the driver revealed they had made a hoax call about the gun in their own car. Driver reported for summons for wasting police time. ."
