09 October 2025
Officers arrested three on suspicion of offences including drug driving and shoplifting yesterday (8 Oct) in Kendal.
Police stopped a vehicle at Sainsbury’s in Shap Road at around 9.40pm.
Inside the vehicle they recovered a large amount of meat and other products.
The driver was subject to a drugs wipe, which they failed for cocaine.
The three occupants of the vehicle – two men and a woman – were arrested on suspicion of theft from a shop.
The driver was further arrested for drug driving.
All three remain in police custody this afternoon (9 Oct).