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Woman charged after police find heroin haul in car

PA Media A general view of a police scotland officer wearing a black polo shirt with the name of the force on the sleeve under a yellow hi-viz vest.PA Media
Police said they acted on intelligence after stopping the car on the M74 near Lockerbie

A woman has been charged after a police discovered heroin worth an estimated £180,000 during a car stop in Dumfries and Galloway.

Officers acting on intelligence stopped the car on the M74 near Lockerbie at 20:25 on Friday.

The 25-year-old was arrested and released on an undertaking to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court at a later date.

Det Supt Steven Elliott described the recovery as "significant," adding: "Drugs cause misery in our communities and we are committed to disrupting their supply."