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Sept 2020
Crown court trial awaits man arrested for supplying heroin in Harrogate
A man has been sent for trial at crown court after being charged with supplying heroin and possessing criminal property in Harrogate.
Stopped on Montpellier Hill in the town centre yesterday afternoon, the 45-year-old was charged in the early hours of today and appeared at York Magistrates' Court this morning.
He will be sent for trial on a date to be confirmed. As well as supplying heroin, he is charged with possession of cash suspected to have been obtained through drug dealing.
Meanwhile, three other men - two aged 45 and one aged 37 - were arrested on Montpellier Hill on Wednesday as part of North Yorkshire Police's work on county lines drug dealing under Operation Expedite.
Officers also seized 30 wraps of suspected heroin, £600 cash and a number of mobile phones and scales in the region as part of the investigation. The three men have been released while investigations continue.
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