A county councillor has raised concern about an unusual increase in drug-related crime in a quiet Northumberland town.
Coun Ian Hutchinson, who represents the Haltwhistle ward on Northumberland County Council, raised the issue at Tynedale Local Area Committee last week.
Coun Hutchinson was speaking to Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness, and asked what was being done about the spate of crime in the town.