Two people wanted for ‘attempted murder’ were stopped by police on the M40 near High Wycombe.

Thames Valley Police’s Roads Policing Team said officers stopped a car near junction four of the motorway on Saturday afternoon, October 26.

Junction four for the Handy Cross roundabout links Wycombe and Marlow with the A404 and the M4 and provides access to Berkshire and Oxfordshire routes.

The two occupants of the car were wanted by Metropolitan Police for “attempted murder”, according to the local force.

Thames Valley Police said the pair were arrested and taken into custody.