A knife was also seized and both men have been charged and named...

Police have charged two men with drug dealing after searching a car at a Preston retail park.

Officers from the city’s Task Force team stopped the vehicle on Queen’s Retail Park on Monday (June 9).

During a search, officers seized a knife, cash, three mobile phones, and a quantity of cocaine and crack cocaine. The pair were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

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Preston CID officers consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service and both men have since been charged.

Zak Cafferkey, 31 of Farmer Driver, Preston, has been charged with possession with intent to supply a Class A drug and Oliver Gardner, 29, of Trawden Crescent, Ribbleton, has been charged with possession with intent to supply a Class A drug and possession of a knife in a public place.

Both men will appear before Preston Magistrates Court today (Thursday, June 11).