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21
Oct 2021
Police arrest five in Harrogate as part of national county lines action
North Yorkshire Police arrested five people in Harrogate as part of a national week of action to tackle county lines drug dealing.
The week started on Monday last week when officers stopped an 18-year-old man who was riding an illegal motor scooter.
Officers stopped him after smelling cannabis and seized 15 packages of the Class B drug.
They then arrested the man on suspicion of possessing cannabis with intent to supply before releasing him while under investigation.
Later that day officers arrested two women in their 30s in the Starbeck area on suspicion of possessing heroin with intent to supply. Again the suspects were released under investigation.
On Friday police arrested a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man on Jennyfield Drive after they earlier ran away from officers.
When the officers caught up with the pair, the officers seized ketamine, cannabis, £300 in cash and equipment police believe was being used for drug supply.
They arrested the two suspects on suspicion of possessing ketamine with intent to supply and possessing cannabis with intent to supply. They were released while under investigation.
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The activity was part of a national “week of intensification” led by the National Crime Agency that saw police forces across the country work to bring down drug dealers and safeguard vulnerable people.
Detective chief inspector Lorraine Crossman-Smith who coordinated the week of activity in North Yorkshire, said:
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