Cumbria Police discovered a man smoking cannabis in the back of a van after pulling over the vehicle at the weekend.

The vehicle was stopped for various suspected motoring offences.

When the officer asked: "Where’s that smell of cannabis coming from, driver?" he was told: “It’s not us in the cab, maybe it’s the lad in the back?”

When the officer asked: "Have you got a man in the back?" the answer was simple: “Yes, we didn’t want to leave him behind.”

The driver was reported for having an expired MoT, the passenger offence and having no vehicle excise licence. The van was subsequently seized.

No further details were released by police as to where in Cumbria the van was pulled over.