Quickly exit this site by pressing the Escape key Leave this site
This site is a beta, which means it's a work in progress and we'll be adding more to it over the next few weeks. Your feedback helps us make things better, so please let us know what you think.
12:00 06/08/2023
More than 100 wraps of heroin were seized from a suspect’s underwear after suspicions raised by a plain clothed officer led to them being searched.
The county knife crime team were out on patrol in Mansfield when they spotted a car intelligence suggested could be linked to the supply of drugs.
Police stopped the car shortly afterwards in Clumber Street at around 10.40am on Thursday (3 August), with a single wrap of Class A drugs being found in the vehicle that couldn’t be attributed to anyone.
Two of the car’s three occupants were then spotted nearby by a plain clothed officer from the knife crime team a few minutes later, with the officer following them into a shop in St Peter’s Retail Park, Station Street.
After watching the suspects for a short while, the officer suspected they could be concealing drugs on them, so detained the duo, along with a third man who had been inside the car during the earlier stop.
The trio were then brought into custody to be searched, where a 24-year-old man was found with more than 100 wraps of heroin hidden inside their underwear.
Another 24-year-old man was also found with a small quantity of cannabis in their possession.
Three men – aged 30, 24, and 24 – were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of Class A drugs.
One of the 24-year-old suspects was additionally arrested for possession of cannabis.
PC Dean Fenton, of Nottinghamshire Police’s county knife crime team, said: “This was a great result for our team and really showcased the value of using a mixture of plain clothed and uniformed officers out on patrol.
“By being out on the roads, we were able to firstly identify a vehicle intelligence suggested could be linked to drug supply, before then moving in covertly using plain clothes to observe two suspects and firm up these suspicions.
“As a direct result of this, we were ultimately able to uncover a large quantity of Class A drugs – namely heroin – and take it out of circulation before it could cause any damage to the community.
“While our team obviously looks to target potential knife-carriers, we also regularly follow up intelligence linking suspects to drug offences too, so we’re pleased to have got a positive result in this instance.”