Skip to content

Drugs hauls worth £197k traced in region

Share
Be the first to share!
By Fiona Reid
Annan and Eskdale
Drugs hauls worth £197k traced in region

POLICE in Dumfries and Galloway have recovered two large hauls of drugs.

Cannabis with an estimated value of £197,000 was discovered following two separate searches on Thursday.

In the first, a car travelling north on the A74(M) was stopped by a police patrol near Lockerbie and a haul found, believed to have a street value of £120,000.

Police Scotland state a 28-year-old man from Birmingham was arrested.

In the second, thought to be unconnected, incident, cannabis to the value of around £77,000 was recovered after a house in the Eskdalemuir area was searched.

Two men, a 38-year-old from the local area, and a 57-year-old from Edinburgh were arrested.

Police say reports have been forwarded to the Procurator Fiscal at Dumfries.

 

 

NEWSDESK: 01461-202417

Front

19th Dec

Shoppers dig deep

By Zachary Hannay | DNG24

Five-star Athletic!

Five-star Athletic!

FIVE goals from five different goalscorers against Dumbarton last Saturday helped Annan Athletic open up an 11 point gap between themselves and the bottom two teams in League One