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01

Oct 2021

Last Updated: 01/10/2021
Crime
Crime

Two men in Harrogate court after huge cannabis seizure

by Suzannah Rogerson

| 01 Oct, 2021
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The drugs were discovered after police stopped a vehicle on the southbound carriageway of the A1(M) yesterday. Two men appeared in court in Harrogate today.

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Police released this picture of the cannabis seized on the A1(M) near Boroughbridge.

Two men appeared at Harrogate Magistrates Court today on drugs charges after police stopped a car filled with cannabis on the A1.

North Yorkshire Police said in a statement today that officers stopped a vehicle on the southbound carriageway of the A1(M) just before Wetherby at about 2pm yesterday. They were acting on information received.

Traffic officers and other specialist departments found large quantities of what is believed to be cannabis, class B drug, inside the vehicle.

The police statement said:

"Whilst searching the vehicle on the roadside, a very large quantity of what is suspected to be a class B drug, believed to be cannabis, was found inside the vehicle.
"Two men were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply.
"Further detailed searches were carried out at an address in West Yorkshire.
"A man in his 30s from Leeds and a man in his 40s of no fixed address were remanded in custody and today appeared before magistrates in Harrogate."





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