POLICE officer involved in seizing more than £1m of drugs and arresting 100 suspected dealers have been praised for their work. It comes as in just two weeks police carried out dozens of raids across the county in which they seized 82 mobile phones, and almost £53,000 in cash, alongside weapons and a firearm during raids in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. MP for Southampton Itchen Royston Smith said that the new was excellent and paid tribute to our fantastic police officers . He said: The more we can disrupt this heinous business the better. I remind all those who use illegal substances. Your drugs don’t arrive from Amazon. You are part of the problem.”
100 suspects arrested and £1m of drugs seized in bid to tackle county lines
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Drugs Worth £1m Seized And 100 Arrested In Isle Of Wight And Hampshire Crackdown
By Oliver Dyer
More than a million pounds worth of drugs and 100 suspected dealers have been arrested across the Isle of Wight and Hampshire over the last 18 months.
Hampshire Constabulary says it has also seized 82 mobile phones almost £53,000 in cash, alongside weapons and a firearm, as part of its County Lines programme.
The proactive operation involved its Neighbourhoods teams, drug and high harm teams, proactive roads policing, firearms, dogs, crime investigation detectives and officers from the county lines specialist team Op Monument.
100 suspects arrested and £1m of drugs seized in bid to tackle county lines
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