Another £5,000 of drugs seized as police promise 'no let up'

POLICE have warned there will be no let up in their crackdown on drugs as they seized another £5,000 of illegal substances in more raids in Brixham yesterday.

It means officers have confiscated a total of £20,000 of suspected drugs in two days in the town.

PC Lee Langley, who is spearheading the blitz, said: "There will be no let up. We will be on people's tails for as long as they continue to break the law."

Officers say the use of recreational drugs, such as cocaine and cannabis, is a problem in the port and will not be tolerated.

On Tuesday, £15,000 of suspected drugs including heroin, methadone, highly addictive crack-cocaine, cocaine, cannabis and magic mushrooms were seized from five properties.

Two men were arrested.

Officers busted a further four properties yesterday morning finding £5,000 of suspected cocaine in a flat in Bakers Hill and small quantities of cocaine and cannabis at two flats in Milton Street.

A 28-year-old man from Bakers Hill was arrested on suspicion of intent to supply Class A drugs and is due to be interviewed by Torquay CID.

A 34-year-old man from Milton Street is due to be interviewed on suspected possession of cannabis and a 21 year old, also from Milton Street, faces an £80 fixed penalty fine.

Brixham's PC Dave Thomas praised the officers involved in the raids saying their hard work had produced 'superb results'.

He added: "These raids have been really successful. We are really pleased with the results and hope it has an impact on the drugs trade in Brixham.

"It is part of a continued operation to stamp out drug dealing and using in the port.

"We have got a problem with recreational drugs, such as cocaine and cannabis, that we need to crack down on. It seems to get worse when there's more money around."

The raids, codenamed Operation Wallington, form part of the ongoing Operation Fundamental aimed at combating the distribution and use of Class A drugs in Torbay.

It involves officers from various departments including members of the Tactical Aid Group, operation support teams and uniformed officers.

In the past 13 weeks officers involved in the initiative have seized drugs with an estimated street value of £62,000 executed 51 warrants, made 34 drug-related arrests and seized three cars across the resort.

PC Langley added: "The raids in Brixham this week have been organised jointly by the Brixham Neighbourhood Beat Team and the Operation Fundamental team who have come together to orchestrate nine raids in the town.

"There has been good cooperation between the Brixham team and Operation Fundamental which has produced these excellent results."