Police spot van poking out of lorry on M1

4 hours agoLiam Barnes

BBC News, Nottingham

A police operation to target bad driving made an unexpected discovery when a van was seen poking out of the back of a lorry.

Nottinghamshire Police said the "irregular cargo" was spotted on the M1 before the vehicle was stopped on the A42.

The driver was issued with a traffic offence report for driving an overweight vehicle and a tachograph offence, with the lorry banned from leaving the scene until the van was removed.

PC Mike Grant, from Nottinghamshire Police's roads policing unit, said: "I've seen a lot of things on the motorway before but this was definitely a first."

The vehicles were seized during Operation Tramline, a nationwide police operation conducted from the cab of an HGV between 31 March and 4 April.

In total 78 vehicles were stopped for offences including speeding, mobile phone use, seatbelt violations, driving without insurance and driving without due care and attention.