Police stopped a white van in Kendal earlier today, after noticing a passenger was not wearing a seatbelt. The stop quickly escalated when the driver exited the vehicle and tried to distract officers from the van. A spokesman for South Lakes Police said: "After stopping the vehicle, the driver quickly got out and appeared rather keen to keep officers away from the van. The driver then failed a roadside drugs wipe and was arrested on suspicion of drug driving. "One less suspected drug driver on our roads today.