WHAT is believed to be the first ever seizure of crack cocaine by police in the Marlborough area was made on the night of Tuesday October 31 when drugs squad officers raided three homes and made three arrests.
It was the third successful drugs raid in the last two weeks following a pledge to close-in on criminals and drug dealers
Insp Bill Dowling said officers raided three homes in the district and found drugs at all three.
At the first two homes where officers carried out their surprise visits on Tuesday, acting on information received, they seized quantities of cannabis and in one case a pair of scales which could have been used for weighing drugs.
At the third home officers recovered quantities of ecstasy tablets and crack cocaine. Police said three people, one from each property, had been arrested.
Insp Dowling said: "This was believed to be the first seizure of crack cocaine in the Marlborough area."
A man arrested for being in possession of cannabis following a raid on a house in London Road in Marlborough three weeks ago has been charged with possessing a controlled drug and is to appear before Devizes magistrates.
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