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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Beth Lindop

Drug haul worth thousands seized in organised crime hunt

Around £15,000 worth of drugs were seized as part of an investigation into organised crime in Wirral.

Thomas James, 20, and Simon Parker, 29, were arrested after a car was stopped by police on Doune Court in Ellesmere Port on Thursday, July 21. A number of warrants were then executed and a third man, Luke Gibson, 20, was detained. All three men were taken into custody and subsequently charged.

James, of Sutton Way, Great Sutton ,has been charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine, concerned in the supply of cannabis and money laundering.

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Parker, of Joseph Groome Towers, in Ellesmere Port, has been charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine, concerned in the supply of cannabis and money laundering. Gibson, of Camden Road, in Ellesmere Port, has been charged with concerned in the supply of cocaine, concerned in the supply of cannabis and money laundering.

All three were remanded in custody and appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Saturday, July 23. Officers also seized approximately £15K worth of cocaine and cannabis and more than £8,500 in cash.

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