Police stop a driver going the way on the M6
A DRIVER has been arrested after being stopped by policing driving the wrong way up the M6.
Police said they received calls before 4pm alerting them to the driver, who was travelling between junction 33 and 32 near Lancaster.
Lancashire Roads Police said the incident was 'one of the calls we all dread'.
They said on Twitter: "One of the calls we all dread. Just before 4pm we received numerous frantic calls about a car travelling the wrong way on the M6 jct 33-32.
"The car was intercepted by officers from #T4TacOps & #T1TacOps before any serious collision occurred.
"The driver has been arrested."
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