Lamb found alongside '£10,000s of drugs' in abandoned car on motorway
Investigators are trying to establish why the lamb was found in the vehicle
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A lamb has been found in a car along with an estimated £10,000 of class A drugs on the M74 motorway.
Police Scotland officers approached the vehicle on weekend, where they discovered the farm animal along with heroin with an estimated value of £7,000 and cocaine worth around £3,000.
The force have since said police dog Billy was "instrumental" in finding the drugs in the car.
The lamb has been taken in by a local farmer and enquiries are continuing to establish how it ended up in the vehicle.
A tweet posted by the road policing unit showed a picture of the baby sheep standing on the back seat of the car next to an opened bag of chips.
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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers in Glasgow have seized drugs with a potential value of £10,000 from a vehicle on the M74 northbound.
"Around 18:10 BST on Saturday, 22 April, 2023, officers stopped a car on the M74 northbound carriageway, near junction 3.
"The three occupants of the vehicle were arrested and a search of the car was carried out with assistance from the dog unit.
“PD Billy entered the car and indicated drugs were present.”
The added: "Two men, aged 52 and 53 and one woman, aged 38, were arrested and charged with drugs offences.
“They have been reported to the procurator fiscal."
Road policing colleagues posted about the incident on social media, sharing a photo of the lamb and a positive drug test.
They said: "Oh ewe! Officers from #GlasgowRP stopped this vehicle (not a Lamborghini!) on the #M74 J3 NB yesterday.
The drugs were discovered by sniffer dog, Billy
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“In addition to this wee fella, roughly £10k in Class A drugs were recovered with assistance from @PSOSDogs.
“Driver further arrested for failing the roadside swap for cocaine.”
Police haven't yet confirmed what make the vehicle was.