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07/08/2006
Four charged over weekend drugs finds
Four people have been charged during separate drugs finds throughout Northern Ireland over the weekend.
In the first incident, a 17-year-old was charged with four counts of possession of ecstasy and cocaine, and possession with intent to supply. He was also charged with handling stolen goods. A co-defendant, a 22-year-old man, was charged with six counts of possession of ecstasy and cocaine, possession with intent to supply and possession of amphetamine, with intent to supply. He was also charged with handling stolen goods.
The charges are connected to the recovery of a quantity of narcotics, with an estimated street value of £70,000 in Ballymena and County Fermanagh, yesterday.
They are expected to appear before Coleraine Magistrates Court later today.
Meanwhile, two 24-year-old men have been charged, following a drugs find in the Upper Arthur Street area of South Belfast in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The pair were charged with total of 13 offences including supplying cocaine and ecstasy, with an estimated street value of £5,000. They are expected to appear before Belfast Magistrate's Court later today. A 16-year-old girl and 27-year-old woman were also arrested, however they have since been released pending police reports.
In a separate incident in County Londonderry, a man was arrested after police recovered a quantity of prescription drugs worth around £6,800 during a raid at a house at Castledawson last night. He was released on police bail.
(EF/SP)
In the first incident, a 17-year-old was charged with four counts of possession of ecstasy and cocaine, and possession with intent to supply. He was also charged with handling stolen goods. A co-defendant, a 22-year-old man, was charged with six counts of possession of ecstasy and cocaine, possession with intent to supply and possession of amphetamine, with intent to supply. He was also charged with handling stolen goods.
The charges are connected to the recovery of a quantity of narcotics, with an estimated street value of £70,000 in Ballymena and County Fermanagh, yesterday.
They are expected to appear before Coleraine Magistrates Court later today.
Meanwhile, two 24-year-old men have been charged, following a drugs find in the Upper Arthur Street area of South Belfast in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The pair were charged with total of 13 offences including supplying cocaine and ecstasy, with an estimated street value of £5,000. They are expected to appear before Belfast Magistrate's Court later today. A 16-year-old girl and 27-year-old woman were also arrested, however they have since been released pending police reports.
In a separate incident in County Londonderry, a man was arrested after police recovered a quantity of prescription drugs worth around £6,800 during a raid at a house at Castledawson last night. He was released on police bail.
(EF/SP)
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