Hundreds of boxes of stolen bubble gum and chewing gum were found in a large goods vehicle heading towards Oxford on the M40 on Monday night.

TVP Roads Policing Tweeted about the incident yesterday afternoon.

West Midlands Police alerted Thames Valley Police of the bubble gum thief that was heading south on the M40 on Monday night.

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Officers found the vehicle at the petrol station forecourt on the M40 near Oxford.

A few hundred boxes of bubble gum and chewing gum were recovered from the vehicle.

West Midlands Police confirmed that these boxes were recently stolen.

The driver was arrested for having no insurance, no MOT, drug driving and theft.

The passenger was arrested for theft and possession of cannabis and the case was handed back to West Midlands Police.