Wishaw Press

£9k drugs haul in raid at Quarry St Man and woman in their 20s are arrested for supply

- Ross Thomson

Police have continued their crackdown on drug dealers by raiding a house in Shotts and recovering £ 9000 worth of Class A drugs.

Officers from the Community Investigat­ion Unit, based at Wishaw Police Office, swooped on a house in the town’s Quarry Street on June 11 following a tipoff from a member of the public.

The property was searched with police seizing £9000 worth of cocaine from the address.

A 26- year- old man and 25- year- old woman were detained from the address and later arrested for being concerned in the supply of the class A drug.

Both appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday, June 13, where they were bailed to appear at future trial.

Sergeant Neil MacLeod, from the Community Investigat­ion Unit, was pleased that more Class A drugs have been taken off the streets.

Sgt MacLeod added: “The drugs seizure is another example of the local community assisting the police in a positive way to assist us in having a positive impact in reducing the amount of controlled drugs being readily available within our communitie­s, and results like this will hopefully go some way to encourage people to make us aware of those who are involved in drug supply in our area.”

This raid is the latest by the Community Investigat­ion Unit as they continue their crackdown on drug dealers with high profile hauls totalling almost £85,000 since the start of 2016.

Last month the Wishaw Press reported that police had arrested a mum and her son at a house in Wishaw as they recovered a massive £36,000 worth of cocaine from the property.

The huge haul saw one kilogram of the Class A drug seized from a house in Cheviot Crescent.

Earlier this year over £22,000 of heroin was recovered from a house in Craigneuk when cops raided an address in February.

And more than £ 20,000 of herbal cannabis was seized from homes in Shotts and Harthill in the space of a week.

Another example of the community assisting the police in a positive way

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Police raid Officers swooped on a Quarry Street property

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