Man, 22, charged a week after £160k drugs raid in Lanark
Police Scotland officers searching a property in the Smyllum Road area of Lanark on 1 November 2026 recovered cocaine, heroin and cannabis with an estimated street value of more than £160,000, plus a five-figure sum of cash. A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged on 8 November over the supply of controlled drugs, released on an undertaking and due in court later.
🇬🇧 Smyllum Road area, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland · United Kingdom
Police Scotland officers searched a property in the Smyllum Road area of Lanark
on Sunday 1 November 2026 and recovered cocaine, heroin and cannabis.[1][2]Police Scotland said the drugs seized had an estimated street value of more than
£160,000.[3][2]Officers also found a five-figure sum of cash at the address.[1][2]
On Sunday 8 November 2026, a 22-year-old man was arrested and charged in
connection with the supply of controlled drugs.[3][2]He was released on an
undertaking, a written promise to appear in court, and is due to appear at a
later date.[4][2]Detective Chief Inspector Forbes Wilson said removing illegal
drugs from local communities and targeting those involved in criminal activity
remained a top priority in Lanarkshire.[4]
A man has been charged after drugs worth more than £160,000 were recovered in Lanark.[5]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight or street value is given for the cannabis separately; the £160,000 estimate covers cocaine, heroin and cannabis together and is recorded as the overall recovery value.
The sources identify the man only by age, and state no plea, court date, court or outcome.
The five-figure cash sum is not given as an exact figure.
Only an estimate of more than £160,000 is given for the drugs; no separate values for the individual substances were published.
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Cleveland Police raided a property in Thorpe Thewles near Stockton on 5 November 2026, finding nearly 400 cannabis plants valued at up to £335,000. Two men who fled were tracked by a police drone, arrested, and remanded in custody on charges of producing a Class B drug.
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