The car was located and stopped on the M180 near to Scunthorpe following information which suggested it was possibly being involved in criminal activity and officers carried out a search that uncovered a large amount of what is thought to be cocaine.

The two men travelling in the car at the time were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and taken to Grimsby Police Station before being charged with possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

Chief Inspector, Michael Hunter, of the Regional Road Policing Team, said: "This has been a great result for Humberside Police and the Regional Roads Policing Team and an excellent example of how effective joint working can be across the region.

"We were set up in autumn 2008 with a clear remit to stop offenders who cross boundaries to commit crimes and to deny criminals the use of the roads in Yorkshire and the Humber. We can be deployed across the region to offer support to any of the four forces of Yorkshire and the Humber whenever and wherever it is required."

Assistant Chief Constable of Humberside Police, Alan Leaver, said: "These police operations, which bring together officers from different departments and forces, are proving very successful in terms of arresting criminals and disrupting their activities. This operation is the latest illustration of this. Further operations will be run."

The Regional Roads Policing Team comprises seconded officers from each of the four forces and is the first fully functional collaborative unit that sees the four forces working together to combat crime. The team uses intelligence led policing tactics to focus on locations experiencing increased levels of criminality the teams operate across the region. It has been set up with a clear directive to support the work of local forces using a combination of high performance vehicles, state of the art automatic number plate recognition technology (ANPR) to track down travelling criminals.

Yorkshire and the Humber is at the forefront of regional working, combining the resources of the four forces and collectively giving them better capacity and capability to deal with crime for the benefit of people within the region.