It followed a report to Gloucestershire Constabulary, which received a call about suspicious activity on Saturday, August 22, in the area of Charlton Kings, a village close to Cheltenham – 245 miles away from Durham.
Enquiries were conducted into the vehicle which was stopped on the M6 by officers at West Mercia Police before a 24-year-old man from Durham was arrested in connection with the incident.
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