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Newcastle Driver Pulled Over, Police Find Body In The Back Seat

A 52-year-old man is being questioned.
A police crime scene has been set up in the Newcastle, NSW suburb of Lambton.
7News
A police crime scene has been set up in the Newcastle, NSW suburb of Lambton.

A man has been arrested after police found a body in the back seat of his car when they pulled him over in Newcastle.

The body was discovered during a vehicle search at 3.15am on Monday on Griffith Road, Lambton, police said.

The 52-year-old man has been taken to Waratah Police station where he is helping police with the investigation.

#BREAKING Man arrested after body found in back seat of car during NSW traffic stophttps://t.co/JULpyupQZT#7Newspic.twitter.com/M9Jf60y6Yb

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