MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUGS AND WEAPONS OFFENCES

A man has been arrested after officers found cocaine, a knife, cash and a mobile phone in Tamworth.

At 5.30pm yesterday (Thursday 28 May), members of our major and organised crime proactive team found and seized the items following a stop search of a car on Bitterscote Lane.

A 31-year-old man, from the Dudley area, has been arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A (cocaine), driving while disqualified, using a motor vehicle on a public road without third party insurance and acquiring/using/possessing criminal property.

He remains in police custody whilst our enquiries continue.