A man has been arrested after the discovery of a suspicious package on a coach forced the closure of a stretch of a British motorway.
Police closed the section of the M62 motorway following a "disturbance" on the National Express 380 service from Liverpool to Manchester at about 7.20am.
The bomb squad was called in and later declared the package safe.
The westbound carriageway has now reopened to traffic but the eastbound carriageway remains closed as officers attempt to remove the broken-down coach.
A Merseyside Police spokesman said: "We were called following a disturbance on a coach and the discovery of a suspicious package. That package has since been declared safe.
"One person has been detained in connection with the disturbance."
The man arrested is being detained under the Mental Health Act.
