Six for court on drugs charges

Six people are due in Lisburn Magistrates court later today on charges relating to a drugs seizure in the city yesterday.

Six people are due in Lisburn Magistrates court later today on charges relating to a drugs seizure in the city yesterday.

The five men and one woman were arrested following a number of searches in the Co Antrim city yesterday.

The six have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A and class B drugs and money laundering offences.

Four other men held in connection with the incident were released last night - three without charge and the other pending a report to the public prosecution service.

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