Six for court on drugs charges

Six people have been charged with over 50 drugs offences following a major drive against drug dealing in Coleraine, Co Derry.

Six people have been charged with over 50 drugs offences following a major drive against drug dealing in Coleraine, Co Derry.

The four men and two women are due to appear before the town's magistrates court tomorrow on charges relating to Class A, B and C drugs.

Drugs were seized during a planned search operation which police said was designed to eradicate drugs from the university town.

Officers targeted a number of flats in the Hazelbank Road area of the town during a two-day operation.

Meanwhile two men aged 29, who were arrested when drug squad officers carried out a search in Antrim and recovered a substantial amount of cannabis, remained in police custody today.

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