Ten arrested after Corby raids find 8kg of drugs
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Three men have been remanded in custody and seven other suspects have been arrested after a series of drugs raids in Corby.
Police raided ten properties in the town on February 4 and 5, seizing about 8kg of suspected amphetamine.
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Hide AdAbout £11,000 in cash and a number of cars and mobile phones were also recovered in the raids after an investigation into class A drugs conspiracy.
In total, nine men aged between 36 and 55, and a 46-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of being involved in a conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Three Corby men have since been charged with conspiracy to supply class A and remanded in custody.
They are Scott Sterling, aged 42, from Eastbrook, Anthony Barrett, aged 55, from Holkham Close, and Liam Meenan, aged 38, from Southbrook.
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Hide AdThe remaining seven suspects were released under investigation.
East Midlands Special Operations Unit Detective Inspector Mark Booth said: “I want to extend my thanks to everyone from Northamptonshire Police who worked with us last week during the action.
We’ll now be looking at all of the evidence gathered and our financial investigators will begin to investigate the origin of the seized cash.”