Man due in court after police seize estimated £1 million worth of suspected cocaine in Co Tyrone
A man has been charged to court after police seized suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of £1 million in Co Tyrone.
The 30-year-old was arrested on Friday, May 1, in the Cookstown area.
Searches were also conducted at a property in the Dungannon area, where suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of £1 million was recovered.
The man has been charged with being concerned in the supply of Class A controlled drugs, possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of Class B controlled drugs.
Other charges include possessing criminal property, transferring criminal property, making indecent Images of children, possessing indecent images of children and attempting to pay for sexual services.
He is due to appear before Dungannon Magistrates’ Court on Monday, May 4.
Police said, as is usual procedure, all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.
On Saturday, Detective Inspector Conor Sweeney said: “This arrest comes as a result of the forensic examination of two mobile phone devices seized by detectives from a vehicle stopped in January in the Markethill area.
"The devices showed evidence of organised drug supply of both cocaine and cannabis and the movement of illicit cash. Indecent images of children were also uncovered on a phone.
"This arrest displays two things: firstly, our commitment to tackling this type of harm using all the technical capabilities at our disposal, and secondly, the multi-layered criminality that organised criminal groups are involved in.
"People do need to understand that for every gram of cocaine they buy from a drug dealer, there is a real level of harm behind that. This harm may not be immediately visible but it is very real.
"I would appeal to people who have information that can help police deal with organised criminality of any type to contact police on 101.”
A report can be made online via www.psni.police.uk/makeareport
Alternatively, information can be provided to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org