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Bamir Cukaj and, right, the Jury s Inn Pictures: WILTSHIRE POLICE/ADVER A MEMBER of a drugs line that had taken over a room at the Jury’s Inn hotel was arrested when he came downstairs to pay for a takeaway food delivery. Now, the prime mover in the Walker drugs line, which was estimated to have made £90,000 over 81 days in late 2017 and early 2018, has been jailed for almost six years. Sending Bamir Cukaj to prison for five years and 10 months, Judge Jason Taylor QC said the dealing “left a trail of destruction in its wake”. Swindon Crown Court heard that staff at the Jury’s Inn, in Swindon town centre, grew suspicious after the fresh-faced dealers paid for the room in cash in December 2017, and called police.
Chippenham Road scheme Here are some of the comments made on our website and social media pages on stories that have got a reaction in the past week. Our story that people and councillors in Chippenham have been having their say on the Future Chippenham road routes and what each will mean for the future of the town got you talking. Residents asked about the types of crossings the routes would use, the transparency of the town council in supporting the bid, and the risk to floods in the areas marked for development in the Local Plan Review. Someone called Make It Count joined the debate. We don’t usually print comments from those without an actual name, but we thought his or her point was well made.
Man from Leicester appears in court charged with burglary after dogs stolen in Bristol
The 51-year-old is one of two men accused of breaking in
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Burglary charge - Martin Joseph McDonagh, from Leicester, appeared in court in Swindon (Image: Getty Images)
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Men arrested in Wiltshire after puppy thefts Three men have been arrested in Wiltshire following the shocking theft of five puppies and two dogs. Officers and staff from Wiltshire Police’s Operation Fortitude team worked in conjunction with Avon and Somerset Police after the animals were stolen from a property in Bristol last night (January 27) Fortitude officers attended a location in Southwick, near Trowbridge, and arrested three man aged 18, 48 and 51 on suspicion of theft. The trio are currently in custody at Melksham Police Station. A total of 12 dogs, including the ones stolen from Bristol and five others also believed to have been stolen, were seized, along with a number of weapons and two vehicles.