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Man arrested in Pennington Road, Tunbridge Wells, after drugs found in cigarette packet
13:03, 04 December 2020
updated: 13:45, 04 December 2020
A man was arrested in Tunbridge Wells after cocaine was found hidden in a cigarette packet.
At 2.20pm yesterday, officers were patrolling Pennington Road when they saw a Renault Clio they suspected was being used in connection with drug dealing.
They stopped the vehicle and when searching it found bags containing cocaine in a cigarette packet and also under the steering column.
The officers seized a mobile phone and the driver was arrested and taken into custody.
Ahmet Ficorri, of no fixed address, was later charged with possession of cocaine with intent to supply and driving without insurance.
Ficorri, 22, was remanded in custody to appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court today.
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