Cocaine found in Sheffield pub garden during police drugs crackdown

Police have found cocaine in a Sheffield pub garden during a crackdown on drugs.
By Robert Cumber
Published 11th Jun 2022, 09:53 BST
Updated 11th Jun 2022, 09:55 BST
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Officers also chased down a suspect, who was found with £400 of cannabis and a burner phone, during the operation.

Sheffield South West Neighbourhood Policing Team described yesterday, Friday, June 10, how eight officers on foot had been joined by drugs dog Roscoe, with support from marked police vehicles, during active patrols arond London Road and surrounding areas.

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Police found a small quantity of cocaine in a pub garden in Sheffield (file photo by Steve Parsons/PA)Police found a small quantity of cocaine in a pub garden in Sheffield (file photo by Steve Parsons/PA)
Police found a small quantity of cocaine in a pub garden in Sheffield (file photo by Steve Parsons/PA)
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They said five people were stopped for ‘drugs indication’ and the man with the cannabis and burner phone, who was stopped after trying to run, had been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply.

Police have not revealed the location of the pub garden where what officers described as a ‘small quantity’ of cocaine was found.

The latest crackdown comes just weeks after police officers tackling drug dealing and using in the West Street and Devonshire Green areas of Sheffield city centre said they had made some ‘significant’ arrests.