Four arrested after £40k in class A drugs seized in Stoke-on-Trent

By Sarah Garner

24th Jan 2024 | Local News

Police searched five separate addresses in Burslem, Newcastle and Norton Heights yesterday (Nub News).
Police searched five separate addresses in Burslem, Newcastle and Norton Heights yesterday (Nub News).

Four people have been arrested after police found around £40,000 worth of class A drugs, thousands of pounds in cash and phones believed to be linked to drug dealing.

Yesterday (Tuesday 23 January), police searched five separate addresses in co-ordinated warrants in Burslem, Newcastle and Norton Heights.

Officers seized a total of two kilograms of heroin and crack cocaine, £20,000 in cash and several mobile phones – including a suspected main drug line, believed to be used to co-ordinate drug deals.

Four people were arrested after police found around £40,000 worth of class A drugs (Staffordshire Police).

Four people were arrested on suspicion of a number of offences:

  • A 33-year-old man, from the Stoke-on-Trent area, on suspicion of conspiring to supply a class A drug (cocaine).
  • A 20-year-old man, from the Stoke-on-Trent area, on suspicion of conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug (heroin), arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation and holding a person in slavery or servitude.
  • A 25-year-old man, from the Stoke-on-Trent area, on suspicion of conspiring to supply a class A drug (cocaine).
  • A 20-year-old woman, from the Newcastle area, on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

All three men remain in police custody. The woman has been released under investigation.

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