Man, 60, jailed after police pull over his car on M6 and find incriminating sack inside

A 60-year-old man stopped in a Mazda on the M6 in Cheshire with cocaine worth more than £50,000 has been jailed.

Gary Boone - from Somerset - admitted two drugs offences and has now been locked up by a judge for four years. Police stopped the car near Knutsford and, during a search, found a sack containing a large amount of white powder.

Officers also recovered a small cellophane wrap containing cannabis and a sandwich bag with more white powder inside it, together with a mobile phone and cash.

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A spokesperson for Cheshire Police said after Boone was sentenced: "The substances seized during the search were later examined by forensic officers and confirmed to be 500g of cocaine, with an estimated street value of up to £50,000. The substance found in the sandwich bag was also confirmed as cocaine, with an estimated street value of up to £1,350.

Boone, of West Street, Bridgewater, Somerset, appeared at Chester Crown Court for a sentencing hearing. He previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs and possession of class B drugs.

The force added: "The court heard that at around 9.30am on Tuesday 4 July, officers from Merseyside Police reported that they believed a car being driven by Boone, a Grey Mazda CX-5, may be transporting a quantity of drugs.

"Later, at around 11.30am, the same vehicle was sighted by Cheshire Roads and Crime officers on the M6 motorway travelling southbound near Knutsford. Boone was subsequently arrested."

A spokesperson said: "It's clear the drugs