A MAN has been arrested for suspected drug driving offences in St Helens.

Merseyside Police's Roads Policing Unit announced on Wednesday, December 6, that a driver had been pulled over and arrested in St Helens.

Officers explained that they had received a report from the public that the vehicle "smelled of cannabis".

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St Helens Star: The driver was arrested after being pulled overThe driver was arrested after being pulled over (Image: Merseyside Police)
Police say that they stopped the vehicle on Marshalls Cross Road and the driver was arrested on suspicion of driving a vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

Officers confirmed that the driver, a 28-year-old man, has since been released under investigation.