A SUSPECTED drug dealer was arrested at a motorway service station.

Mark Danson has been charged with possession with intent to supply amphetamine, a class B drug.

It comes after the 41-year-old was arrested at Sandbach Motorway Services on the M6.

At around 12.15pm on Wednesday (August 28) Cheshire Police’s Roads and Crime Unit stopped a Mitsubishi Shogun which had been travelling along the motorway.

Officers carried out a search of the car and discovered a number of items before arresting Danson on suspicion of drugs offences.

Following questioning, Danson was formally charged with possession with intent to supply class B drugs.

Danson, of Beatrice Avenue in Burnley, is due to appear at Chester Magistrates Court on Thursday (August 29).