£320,000 worth of drugs seized

DRUGS with a street value of more than £320,000 have been seized from communities throughout the Highlands and Islands during March.

Officers have carried out targeted activity aimed at ridding our streets of illegal drugs - with a variety of class A and B drugs among the seizures.

More than £21,000 in cash has also been recovered during searches.

The recoveries are the latest to be made as part of Operation Ram, which is specifically targets disrupting the trade in drugs in the region.

As a direct result of the activity last month, five people have appeared in court and a number of other individuals are expected to be reported as a result of further inquiries.

During the month, 33 search warrants were executed, while more than 100 positive searches of people on the street and vehicles also took place.

Detective Chief Inspector Michael Sutherland said: ‘All of this activity in the past month is a direct result of community intelligence being shared by members of the public who clearly will not tolerate illegal drugs being supplied in their communities.

‘Nobody knows better than local residents what is happening in their neighbourhood and I would like to thank the public for their continued support.

‘Every piece of information you give us shapes and directs our operational activity.’