Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Organised Crime Unit have made an arrest in connection with an ongoing investigation.
A 30-year-old man was arrested yesterday, Friday 1st May, in the Cookstown area on suspicion of offences relating to drug supply, money laundering and indecent images of children.
As a result of related searches, suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of £1 million has been recovered from a property in Dungannon.
Detective Inspector Conor Sweeney said: “This arrest comes as a result of the forensic examination of two mobile phone devices seized by detectives from a vehicle stopped in January in the Markethill area.
“The devices showed evidence of organised drug supply of both cocaine and cannabis and the movement of illicit cash. Indecent images of children were also uncovered on a phone.
“This arrest displays two things: firstly, our commitment to tackling this type of harm using all the technical capabilities at our disposal, and secondly, the multi-layered criminality that organised criminal groups are involved in.
“People do need to understand that for every gram of cocaine they buy from a drug dealer, there is a real level of harm behind that. This harm may not be immediately visible but it is very real.
“I would appeal to people who have information that can help police deal with organised criminality of any type to contact police on 101.”
A report can be made online via www.psni.police.uk/makeareport
Alternatively, information can be provided to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org