Drugs and cash seized in Belsize police raid

Published: 7:13 PM April 21, 2010 Updated: 1:28 PM October 14, 2020

Police have seized 1.5kg of cannabis and thousands of pounds in cash during a raid on a flat in Belsize Park. Officers swooped on the Haverstock Hill flat yesterday after three men were arrested in an earlier raid on a hair salon in Kentish Town Road, whe

Police have seized 1.5kg of cannabis and thousands of pounds in cash during a raid on a flat in Belsize Park.

Officers swooped on the Haverstock Hill flat yesterday after three men were arrested in an earlier raid on a hair salon in Kentish Town Road, where police found drugs paraphernalia and a small amount of cannabis.

The investigation led them to the flat in Haverstock Hill where the found a stash of cannabis with a street value of around �3,000 as well as �11,000 in cash.

Sgt Ray Doran of Camden Town Tasking Team, said: "I hope these arrests help to reassure local residents that we are listening to their concerns and acting upon them.

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"Drugs will not be tolerated and I would urge anyone with information on drug related crime to report it."

Two men aged 67 and 26 were arrested at the shop on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of cannabis. A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis.