Nine people have been charged with drugs offences after yesterday's police raids in Newport. Picture: Gwent Police
NINE people have been charged with offences relating to class A drugs following yesterday morning's Operation Jigsaw police raids in Newport.
Five men - aged 42, 22, 21, 21, and 20 - one 25 year old woman, and a 16-year-old boy are all due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates Court this morning.
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A 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy are both due to appear before Cwmbran Youth Court on Tuesday July 7.
A 17-year-old boy has been bailed pending further police enquiries.
Nine properties in the city were targeted yesterday in a co-ordinated series of raids involving around 70 Gwent Police officers, including specialist teams.
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