Man to appear in court after £12k gold bars seized in Pontefract
A Pontefract man will appear in court today (March 18) charged with drug supply and theft offences after officers made a further arrest in their investigation into the supply of cocaine, ketamine and cannabis in the area.
Officers arrested a man in the Pontefract on Monday (March 16) as part of an ongoing investigation.
A number of gold bars, with an estimated value of £12,000 were seized from a property.
Searches of a number of properties in the area led to the seizure of 176 boxes of mixer drinks, believed to be stolen.
The 36-year-old has also been charged with the theft of a number of boxes of corn flakes from a lorry on Green Lane, Featherstone, on February 20 and theft of mixer drinks from a lorry on Warren Road, Featherstone on January 29.
He has been remanded into custody to appear before magistrates in Leeds later today.