Six people arrested as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force operation earlier today have been charged with a number of drugs offences.
The six people were detained following searches in East and North Belfast, Ards and Newtownabbey by PCTF officers supported by local police.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, the PSNI said that two men aged 32 and 40 have been charged with “being concerned in the supply of a class A controlled drug and possession of a class A controlled drug”.
They added that two men, both aged 24, have been charged with “being concerned in the supply of a Class A controlled drug and possession of a class B controlled drug”.
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One woman aged 46 and a 37 year old man have been charged with “being concerned in the supply of a class A controlled drug”, the police added.
All are due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, April 18.
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