Man arrested after drugs discovered in motorway stop
A man has been arrested after police stopped a car on the M54 and discovered class A drugs, cash and weighing scales during an early-morning search.

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A man has been arrested after police stopped a car on the M54 and discovered class A drugs, cash and weighing scales during an early-morning search.
A US lawmaker has warned that new crypto legislation could undermine financial privacy and push the country towards a surveillance driven monetary system.
Congress has released Jack Smith’s testimony defending his Trump prosecutions, detailing evidence claims and warning of potential political retribution.
Trump Media plans to issue a new cryptocurrency to shareholders via Crypto.com, deepening the Trump family’s push into digital assets amid ongoing market volatility.
Ondas Holdings (NASDAQ:ONDS) closed out a transformational fiscal year on Wednesday, announcing approximately $10 million in new purchase orders for its autonomous systems portfolio.
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Sonim Technologies (NASDAQ:SONM) is set to abandon its decades-long history in the rugged mobile device market following shareholder approval of an asset purchase agreement with NEXA (formerly Social Mobile).
AtaiBeckley (NASDAQ:ATAI) has officially completed its redomiciliation from the Netherlands to Delaware, finalizing a corporate overhaul that follows the recent strategic combination of atai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech.
The Education Department has confirmed it will not restore its student loan forgiveness tracker, leaving borrowers without a clear way to monitor income driven repayment progress.
Crypto has lagged gold and stocks since November, but analysts say shifting liquidity and whale behaviour could give digital assets a chance to catch up in 2026.