Dozens of suspected drug dealers were arrested and 17 charged after £300k of cannabis edibles, two machetes a crossbow were found in raids.
Humberside Police carried out a number of raids after a long investigation into county lines drug dealing. During the operation, eight weapons including a tazer, two machetes and a crossbow and around £48k of cash was seized.
In addition, £5,000 of cocaine, 250 wraps of crack and heroin, and a large quantity of pills were also discovered. Now, officers have confirmed 17 men and woman, including two men from Liverpool, have been charged with a number of offences including drug dealing, robbery and being in possession of criminal property.
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DCI Simon Vickers from Humberside Police said: “We target organised criminals year round, but weeks like this allow us to intensify that disruption and it can have a larger impact in a shorter space of time. We linked up with counterparts in West Yorkshire and Merseyside in a combined operation to tackle organised criminality which is bringing drugs into our area through County Lines operations.
“It is really important that these people are taken off our streets. At the heart of County Lines gangs are exploited and vulnerable adults and children who need to be extricated from those situations and protected from further harm.
"Taking dangerous substances out of our communities and off our streets is also important, not only because they are illegal, but because drug dealing is often linked to other areas of criminality, such as violence and anti-social behaviour. “I would like to thank the public for their support once again. Without the information our communities provide to us, this week would not have had the impact it did."
Those charged by Humberside Police include; Connor Wallace, 25, of Cranehurst Road, Walton, Ben Blease, 32, of Richmond Park, Anfield, Justin Horniak, 18, of Halton Place, Bradford, Jordan Ettiene, 26, of Hopbine Avenue, Bradford, Adam Chalmers, 20, of Hopbine Avenue, Bradford, Kalem Wilson, 24, of Hopbine Avenue, Bradford, Dwayne Taylor, 29, of New Burlington Road, Bridlington, Marie Hesletine, 30, Carnforth Crescent, Grimsby, David Nicholls, 50, of Soffam Close, Hull, Matthew Murray, 34, of White Street, Hull, Corey Murray, 28, of The Greenway, Hull, Jordan Everett, 28, of Berkeley Street, Hull, Nicholas Tucker, 52, of Great Thornton Street, Hull, Shaun Burke, 23, of Elcot Close, Manchester and Connor Elms, 26, of Alworth Road, Manchester.
A 17-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons has also been charged with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
Twenty six others were released under investigation while our enquiries continue, one was cautioned and a cannabis warning was issued to another.
Lancashire Police also charged a number of suspected drug dealers this week following investigations into county lines dealing.
Those charged by officers include: Patrick Parker, 29, of Womack Gardens, St Helens, who was also charged with police assault, Zander Dick, 19 of Balmoral Way, Huyton, Liam Melia, 21, of Paxton Road, Huyton, also charged with possession of an offensive weapon, Mia Allen, 20, of Stowford Close, West Derby, Nathan Doyle, 22, of Alton Road, Anfield, David Parle, 38 of Kilmory Place, Blackpool. and Angela Dube, 35, of no fixed address.
All the above appeared at Blackpool Magistrates’ Court in March. Another two women, Hayley Milner, 29 of Dover Road, Blackpool and Gemma Taylor, 41, of Newhouse Road, Blackpool, were bailed and are due to appear at Blackpool Magistrates’ Court on March 22.
Shaun Ventre, 23, Callum Woods, 21 and Terry Armstrong, 18, all of no fixed address have received summons to appear at court for the offence of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
