Armed police called to West Yorkshire motorway after reports of 'gun in car'

Police stopped a car at a motorway service station in West Yorkshire today after reports a person in the vehicle had a gun.

Armed officers were deployed to Woolley Edge Services, near Wakefield on the M1 northbound.

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The vehicle was searched and West Yorkshire police later confirmed on their Twitter account that the weapon was a lawfully-registered air gun.

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