Drugs with a street value of £750K and 20 kilos of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes seized in Pontefract

Four men from the Pontefract area have been charged with drug offences after officers executed search warrants at addresses in the town earlier this week.

Officers carried out the search warrants at six addresses in Pontefract and Darrington following the arrest of two men in Pontefract on Monday morning (March 9).

Two further men and a woman were arrested as a result of the search warrants.

The searches resulted in the seizure of cocaine, cannabis and ketamine with a combined street value estimated at £750,000.

Four men from the Pontefract area have been charged with drug offences.placeholder image
Four men from the Pontefract area have been charged with drug offences.

An estimated £10,000 in cash and a number of Rolex watches with an estimated value of up to £120,000 were also seized.

Officers also seized approximately 20 kilos of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, believed to have been stolen.

All four appeared before magistrates in Leeds yesterday (March 11) where they were remanded into custody to appear before Leeds Crown Court on April 9.

A woman aged in her 30s who was also arrested on Monday has been released on bail.

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