Over £180,000 of drugs found by PD Freddie hidden within Edinburgh property
On Wednesday, 13 December, 2023, officers searched a house in the Jewel area of Edinburgh and recovered a quantity of drugs, believed to be cannabis, cocaine and diazepam. The drugs have an estimated street value of one hundred and eighty three thousand pounds (£183,000).
During the search PD Freddie, a six-year-old Springer Spaniel and specialist drugs search dog, indicated to officers that drugs were concealed within a particular room of the house. Officers were then able to recover the above drugs which had been hidden from plain sight.
A five-figure sum of cash was also seized, along with a number of designer items of shoes, estimated to be worth over £6,000.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with this recovery and he is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, 14 December 2023.
A report will be forwarded to the Procurator Fiscal.
Deputy Local Area Commander Inspector Kirsty McArthur- Kerr said: “This recovery highlights our commitment to the crackdown on illicit drugs in our local community and we will continue to use every resource at our disposal to remove these illegal substances from our community.
“We rely on the help and support of the public. We urge anyone with information or concerns regarding drugs in their local area, to contact us through 101 or anonymously to Crimestoppers.”
