Five held in North drug swoop

Four men and a woman were arrested by drugs squad officers in a planned raid on a house.

Four men and a woman were arrested by drugs squad officers in a planned raid on a house.

Police swooped on the home in the Hazelbank Road area of Coleraine yesterday evening.

A quantity of cannabis was recovered and a 36-year-old man has been charged with possession of a Class C drug.

He is expected to appear at Coleraine Magistrates Court on Monday morning. Detectives were continuing to question the other four people.

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