Arrest following pub drug crackdown

Police visted six sites

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in Kingsbridge on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class B drugs, following a police operation in Devon. 

The force have thanked licensees in South Devon after another recent successful Pubs Against Drugs operation.

Officers visited six pubs across Ivybridge, Yealmpton and Kingsbridge on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 February with police drugs dog Skye to make checks and deter any customers who might be tempted into criminal activity.   

Devon & Cornwall Police local neighbourhood officers, working with licensing officers, volunteer Special Constables and the specialist dog handler, spoke to pub staff and carried out ten stop searches on members of the public. 

A local 21 year old man was arrested in Kingsbridge on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class B drugs. Officers also seized a quantity of cash from the man.

The man was released from custody on Sunday 1 March and is on bail while enquiries continue. A knife was also seized from a man at a pub in Ivybridge. 

Sergeant Charlie Wilkes said: “Our officers and the drugs dog were very well received in the majority of pubs and the staff were very welcoming and supportive. These are positive operations which act as a deterrent for drug use and can help disrupt criminality.

We would like to pass on our enormous thanks for everyone’s hard work and enthusiasm and we will be planning further operations of this kind in the future.”