A SERIES of drug raids and arrests have taken place and a quantity of drugs has been seized.

As part of ‘pro-active week of action’ in Dwyfor and Meirionnydd last week, a number of Misuse of Drugs Act search warrants were carried out in Blaenau Ffestiniog and Pwllheli areas.

On Tuesday, 26 September, officers executed two warrants in the Blaenau Ffestiniog area and seized mobile phones as well as a quantity of drugs related paraphernalia.

Nobody was arrested but local officers are conducting follow up enquiries.

The following day (27 September) another raid took place in Pwllheli with police arresting a local man and woman aged in their early 20s.

Both were arrested for drugs-related offences and remain in custody for questioning.

A quantity of suspected controlled drugs were also seized.

District Inspector Gethin Jones said: “This is part of the continuing work we are undertaking in response to our communities concerns relating to drug supply and its consequences and another example of north Wales Police listening to concerns from our communities and acting upon them.

“Our goal of targeting those few in our communities who cause the most harm will continue and in line with the force’s Operation Scorpion is directly targeting those involved in serious and organised crime. We are determined to keep our communities safe.

“Possession and distribution of controlled drugs will not be tolerated in our communities and we will continue to take positive, robust action. However, we can’t tackle this problem alone and key to all our work, and that of our partners, is intelligence and I cannot emphasise enough the importance of the community sharing their concerns with us. Information can be passed to police via the web live chat http://www.north-wales.police.uk/contact/chat-support.aspx or phoning 101.

“If you’d rather pass information anonymously then phone Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”