A shopkeeper has been arrested after police seized 'under the counter' prescription drugs during a search of his store.
Officers launched an investigation after witnessing an 'exchange' taking place between the driver of a white van and another vehicle in the street in Bolton.
Inside the van they found a 'large amount of cash' and counterfeit cigarettes, while laughing gas canisters were found inside the other vehicle.
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The van driver was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and counterfeit offences. A later search of a shop he owned uncovered what police described as 'under the counter' prescription drugs.
A post on the GMP Bolton North Facebook page said an investigation was ongoing.
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