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Drugs raids continue - 20 charged

12:16pm Thu 17th Jul 08:: written by Antony Quarrell


More than 20 people have been charged with drug offences as a massive wave of police anti-drug raids continue.

Seventeen more warrants have been carried out today as one of Thames Valley Police's biggest ever pre-planned intelligence led operations continues with the aim of targeting the Class A drug trade.

A total of 15 arrests were made in the latest wave of raids with sixteen of the addresses in Slough and one in Maidenhead.

Twenty men were due to appear before Slough Magistrates Court today charged in connection with being in possession, supplying or conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

The men were arrested as part of the operation - mounted under the ongoing Operation Falcon banner - which has seen 58 addresses raided and 47 people arrested in total.

A quantity of suspected drugs has been seized together with a large amount of cash.



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