A police helicopter was deployed to track down a car amid 'concerns for the safety of a woman'.
Officers stopped the car on the M60 near Ashton-under-Lyne yesterday (Sunday) after a caller reported a potential kidnapping.
The caller said they believed they had spotted a man forcing a woman into the car on Cobblers Cross Lane in Tarporley, in Cheshire, police said.
Officers in police vehicles and the helicopter was deployed to track the vehicle.
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It was stopped by GMP officers between junction 21 and 22 of the motorway.
A spokesperson for Cheshire Police said enquiries were carried out and the pair - who were known to each other - were spoken to.
The woman 'had not been held against her will', the spokesperson added in a statement.
The driver, a 47-year-old man from Tarporley, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault.
He has now been released without charge.
In a tweet posted yesterday afternoon, GMP's traffic unit said: "Cheshire police received a report the occupant of this white vehicle was involved in a kidnapping.
"GMP #RPU #TPAC patrols successfully stopped the vehicle on the #M60 nr. #Ashton.
"Following enquiries, the driver has been #arrested by Cheshire officers on suspicion of assault."
