A MOTORIST has been arrested after driving the wrong way along the M6 during the early hours of this morning, Monday.

North West Motorway Police were called to the southbound carriageway after reports of a vehicle travelling north.

Officers found the vehicle stopped in a live lane and the driver tested positive for cannabis.

A spokesperson for North West Motorway Police said: “We have made to a report of vehicle going contra on M6 heading north on the southbound carriageway.

“Vehicle located by patrols stopped in a live lane. Vehicle removed to services where the driver tested positive for cannabis - now under arrest and heading to custody.”