Six arrested after lambs found in cars

Some of the animals were on the back seat of one of the cars while others were discovered packed into the boot, West Midlands Police said.

The discovery was made on the M5, near Oldbury in the West Midlands, just before 2am yesterday.

The men were arrested on suspicion of theft after the Vauxhall Cavalier and Rover cars were stopped on the hard shoulder.

Police said the owner of the three-month-old lambs was from Toddington, Gloucestershire.

He will be reunited with his flock.

A police spokesman said: “Officers found eight lambs in the boot of one of the vehicles with another three on the back seats.

“In the second vehicle, four lambs were found in the boot and one in the foot well.

“They had been tightly bound and were obviously distressed.”