Anti-paramilitary police squad nets £24k-worth of marijuana in Belfast search

Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force have arrested two men and seized suspected herbal cannabis during a search of a property in east Belfast.
By Adam Kula
Published 23rd Jan 2022, 09:27 BST
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During what police called a “proactive policing operation”, officers searched a house in the Clonduff Drive in the Castlereagh area, seizing a quantity of “suspected cannabis”. on Saturday.

They estimated the street value to be £24,000.

Two men, aged 21 and 24 were arrested on suspicion of possession of a class B controlled drug and possession of a class B controlled drug with intent to supply. They are currently in police custody.

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