A 32-year-old man is due to appear at Derry Magistrates Court today charged with a number of offences linked to £2 million worth of drugs seizures in Northern Ireland.
He was one of four people arrested in the city following an investigation which saw nine people detained throughout the North and Manchester in England.
Earlier this week, three people charged in connection with the seizure of £125,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in Derry were granted anonymity when they appeared at the city’s Magistrates Court.
An PSNI detective told the court the three were members of a “highly sophisticated crime gang.”
The three, two men and a women, were granted anonymity by Resident Magistrate Barney McElholm after the detective told the court “any persons linked to drugs in this town or city are immediately under a perceived threat by individuals in this city.”
All three were remanded in custody to appear in court again via video link on 6 November next.
Also this week, four men appeared at Belfast Magisrtrates Court charged in connection with the discovery of more than £600,000 worth of herbal cannabis in a lorry at Seven Mile Straight in September last year.
The four, Edward Cameron (53), Philip Colville (42), Michael Rainey (48) and Scott Sotheron (39), were each charged with conspiracy to supply and being involved in the supply of Class B drugs.
All four were remanded in custody to appear again by video link on 13 November.