Several officers stop man on busy Portsmouth road over drugs suspicion
A man suspected of drug offences was stopped by police on a busy city centre road.
Two police vans with several officers were seen taking the male into a force vehicle on St Michael’s Road around 3.15pm during heavy traffic.
Officers had stopped a car before carrying out a search of the man using powers where they suspect drug offences have taken place. However, checks revealed no offences had been committed.
A police spokesperson said: “No arrests, a (drugs) search was conducted on a male but this was negative.”