Drug dealing charge after community info passed to officers in Somercotes
A woman has been charged with alleged drug dealing offences after concerns were raised by locals.
Police Officers from the Alfreton and Ripley Safer Neighbourhood Teams carried out a warrant at a house in Quarry Road, Somercotes, on Monday 29 January following concerns about drug dealing in the area.
At the house three people, two women and a man, were arrested on suspicion of drugs offences.
One of those arrested, Carol Shipley, has now been charged with possession with intent to supply heroin, ketamine, and cannabis.
The 41-year-old, of Quarry Road, Somercotes, was remanded in police custody and then further remanded to prison at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court where she appeared on Tuesday 30 January.
The other two people arrested, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 20s, have been released on police bail while enquiries continue.
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