plod on the M5

[EX51GE R]

whats with the the huge police presence on the M5 southbound around michaelwood services?? been there all week now, several bikes and cars, marked and unmarked, plus a few miles further up (north) fixed cameras on tall poles looking over the southbound carriageway.

[scorcher]

Catching some of the unroadworthy ste heading for Glastonbury? ( or anywhere else for that matter)

[wessexrfc]

I was going to post the same, what i noticed was a lot of temp cameras, vehical recognition type things npr?. Passed them on the way out of Marsh Barton and also on the Ede roundabout

[cptsideways]

Its the annual road trip for many of the hippy types, with road tax dating to 1972 on their windscreens & insurance thats valid for one day only if they are lucky.

[GavGav]

cptsideways said:

... road tax dating to 1972 on their windscreens

Schoolboy error...

[High flier]

I too was wondering what thats all about, must be operation chav catcher or something.

[Six Fiend]

Annual Glasto drugs haul etc.

Did rather well on one pull...

"Police have recovered more than 100,000 tablets after stopping a vehicle on the M5 in Gloucestershire.

Two men aged 23 and 26, both from Bude in Cornwall, were arrested on suspicion of being concerned with the supply of drugs.

The pair are currently being held in custody and helping police with their inquiries.

A Gloucestershire Police spokesman said it was believed the car was heading towards the Glastonbury Festival."