Police in Selby target suspected drug dealers

The local Neighbourhood Policing Team in Selby yesterday (Tuesday 25 January 2022) executed warrants at two separate addresses. The team utilised intelligence which was gathered from members of the community in relation to suspected drug dealing.

A team of officers first targeted a house on Pagnell Avenue where a search was carried out within the property and an outbuilding. A man aged in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class B (cannabis), possession of class A (cocaine) and possession of an offensive weapon. He was interviewed and later released under investigation.

(Image of Cannabis Seized)

A second team also targeted an address on Eden Avenue in Selby where another search was carried out. Two men aged in their 30s were arrested on suspicion of possession of class A drugs (cocaine) with intent to supply. Both have also been released under investigation.

(Image of Drugs Seized on Eden Avenue) 

PC Aleisha Madden from the Selby Neighbourhood Policing team said:

We’ve this week executed two Section 23 Misuse of Drugs Act warrants at two separate properties where cannabis and suspected cocaine was found in both properties”

“We want to reassure the public that any information that you do give to us will be acted upon, so please keep feeding that information in.”