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Man arrested after heroin, crack cocaine and cash found in Stoke-on-Trent

By Sarah Garner 9th Jan 2025

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A man was stopped on Lanehead Road, Etruria, on Tuesday (Google).
A man was stopped on Lanehead Road, Etruria, on Tuesday (Google).

Staffordshire Police have arrested a man after finding heroin, crack cocaine, cannabis and cash in Stoke-on-Trent.

Officers stopped a man on Lanehead Road, Etruria, on 7 January and found cannabis and a suspected drug line phone.

They then searched an address linked to the man and found heroin, crack cocaine and £1,000 in cash.

A 25-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent, has been arrested on suspicion of supplying heroin and being concerned in the offer to supply cocaine.

He has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.

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