Police bust driver after laughing gas use on the M40 (Image: TVP)
Police have caught a drug-driver on the M40 after a tip-off from the public.
Concerned members of the public raised to alarm after a driver was seen inhaling laughing gas behind the wheel.
To make matters worse, the driver then made it onto the motorway after inhaling the nitrous oxide.
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Thames Valley Police Roads Policing unit said on social media the force “stopped a vehicle on the M40 near Banbury who had been seen inhaling from a balloon whilst driving.”
“Officers located 52 large nitrous oxide canisters within the vehicle.”
The drivers of the vehicle was arrested following the discovery, the police confirmed.
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