Basildon: Proactive patrol results in drugs charges
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Two men have been charged with drug dealing offences and remanded in prison following quick work by officers on patrol.
On Tuesday 14 January officers were on patrol in Basildon when they spotted two men emerging from an alleyway together.
After the officers approached the pair, one of the men proceeded to flee and was seen to discard a bag.
He was swiftly detained.
Following a search, the officers seized a mobile phone and a number of wraps of suspected heroin.
Further searches at an address in Basildon uncovered a large bundle of suspected crack cocaine and heroin.
Charges have since been secured against:
- James French, 33, of Pevensey Close, Basildon. Charged with possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A and possessing criminal property.
- Ben O’Mahony, 39, of no fixed address. Charged with possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A.
Both men appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 15 January, where they were remanded in custody until a hearing at Basildon Crown Court on 14 February.
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