£1,000 worth of cocaine seized in Stafford amid county-wide operation
Arrests have been made and cash, drugs and stolen property seized - including cocaine worth £1,000 in Stafford - after the first week of a police operation in Staffordshire.
Officers from Staffordshire Police have made 77 arrests in different towns and areas of the county as part of Operation Disrupt, an operation to disrupt criminal activity.
They also completed 60 stop/searches, and dealt with 69 driving offences and 32 drugs offences.
Fourteen warrants were executed and nine suspects dealt with for suspected theft from motor vehicles and nine for carrying offensive weapons.
Incidents have included the seizure of £19,000 in cash and £1,000 worth of cocaine in Stafford, where two arrests were made. There were also five people arrested for suspected affray in Stoke and £3,500 and cannabis seized in Tean.
Officers also worked closely with British Transport Police (BTP) colleagues as part of the operation on the Chase and Trent Valley rail lines.
Superintendent Tom Chisholm, head of Neighbourhood Policing, said the operation was already achieving great results in cracking down on offending across the county.
He said: "We have made arrests for a range of offences, including burglary, carrying offensive weapons, possession of drugs, driving while under the influence and a number of individuals wanted by the courts.
"This is merely the first week and we will continue to target offending across the county using a range of tactics, supported by our specialist teams such as dogs and road policing."
In recent weeks the Force has also run Operation Lightning, which has tackled offending on the county’s road network and resulted in 191 arrests and 249 vehicles seized.
Twenty eight arrests were made and eight people safeguarded in a County Lines operation earlier this month tackling drug ‘lines’ into Staffordshire
