A man has been charged with drug offences after £1 million worth of cannabis fell off a horsebox going down a motorway.
The drugs were strapped onto the roof of the vehicle, which shed its load on the M1 near Belfast just before 7am on Saturday.
A 33-year-old man is being held on charges of possession and supply of a class B drug.
Detective Inspector Aubrey Shaw said it was a ‘significant amount of drugs’ that have been taken out of circulation.
DI Shaw said: ‘This will have a huge impact on the organised criminals involved in its importation, depriving them of commodity and, most importantly, profit.
‘We are continuing with our enquiries, and I want to make a number of appeals about the vehicle involved, its movements and its whereabouts.’
