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Drugs seized by police top £1m

14:28, 01 February 2011

Medway police uncovered a cannabis factory at Rose Street, Rochester, in June 2010
Medway police uncovered a cannabis factory at Rose Street, Rochester, in June 2010

Police have siezed more than £1million of drugs from Medway's streets in a year.

Officers passed the seven figure mark in 2010, with a total of substances worth £1,057,105 removed from the Towns.

Figures just released by Kent Police show almost 2,800 cannabis plants, more than 1,000 crack cocaine wraps and nearly 900 heroin wraps were seized in Medway.

Some of the largest seizures included:

*887 cannabis plants worth £319,000 in November

*181 wraps of crack cocaine worth £3,620 in May

*269 wraps of heroin worth £2,690 in May

*£1000 of cocaine powder in August

*£230 of amphetamine in March

Medway Police also arrested a total of 445 people for drug offences in 2010.

PC Steve Horan said: "Anyone caught in possession of class A drugs with the intent to supply will find themselves facing a prison sentence.

"People selling drugs are responsible for a large amount of anti-social behaviour on the streets of Medway and it won't be tolerated.

"We would encourage anyone who suspects that there is drug-dealing taking place where they live to contact Kent Police immediately."

People can leave an anomymous voice message about drug-dealing in Medway by phoning 01634 792515.

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