Drugs

Following an investigation by the Preston Intelligence Department the heads of the two OCGs – Karl Brown and Efosa Gelmini – and their army of dealers and runners are now behind bars.

Gang responsible for flooding streets with cocaine and heroin jailed

Drug dealer Sadakat Ali who was caught with crack cocaine hidden inside a false deodorant can has been jailed for more than five years. He was arrested after officers executed a warrant at his home address in College Court, Accrington, last month

Drug dealer jailed after hiding crack cocaine in false deodorant can

This is the moment police raided a Fylde coast home connected to 33 arrests and a £6.6M drugs ring linked to Middle East and Asia.

Video: Police raid Lancashire home as part of £6.6M drugs sting

All 33 people charged with a part in huge £6.6M Blackpool drug network with links to Middle East & Asia named

Breaking Lancashire Police dismantle £6.6m drugs ring as 33 are charged

Two men, aged 48 and 35, both from Preston, have been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply controlled drugs and are currently in custody.

Preston men arrested on suspicion of drug offences

Lancashire Police have issued a ketamine warning ahead of Freshers' Week

They are not your friends -police issue Freshers' Week warning

Preston Crown Court.

Judge praises drug dealer on attempts to turn his life around

Twenty five-year-old Connor Hendrie is wanted for assaulting an emergency worker, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply.

Police warn people not to approach man wanted on assault charge

The county lines drugs operation extended to all corners of Preston, including the station

Police chase in Preston after vehicle abandoned during county lines drugs swoop

Aidan Stillwell bumped into the officers in the street as they were on their way to a nearby address on another matter.

Drug dealer found with £35K of ketamine after bumping into police

Preston Crown Court (Dave Thompson/PA)

Day’s work for a drugs cartel cost Lancashire taxi driver his freedom

Keira Burton has been struck off the nursing register.

Struck 0ff nurse smuggled drugs into Preston prison

'Result of community information' Two arrested after drugs raid

The woman in the video is currently in custody after being arrested for drink driving with a roadside reading of 64. She is one of 82 people arrested for drink or drug driving offences across Lancashire in the last week.

Moment woman driver is arrested by police in Lancashire

Martin Winstanley, 35, of Longworth Avenue, Chorley will be sentenced in September.

Chorley man to face sentencing for his role in drugs gang

A nurse, a cleaner and a welder were some of the 53 people arrested for drink or drug driving offences across Lancashire in the last week

53 people arrested in a week for drink and drug driving offences
A nurse, a cleaner and a welder were some of the 53 people arrested for drink or drug driving offences across Lancashire in the last week.
Michelle Blade

Police have realised footage of a suspected drink driver refusing a breathalyser test.

I don't want to - driver refuses to be breathalysed and is arrested

A machete-wielding woman who held armed police at bay for half an hour from the rooftop of her flat in Chorley has been spared jail by a judge

In court: Machete-wielding woman's Chorley rooftop siege

As part of Op Limit 114 people have been arrested for drink or drug driving this month including a mum of three, a plumber, a postman and a civil engineer.

Mum of three and postman among 114 people arrested on roads

Pair arrested after £6,000 of cash and pepper spray found

Jonathan Hinder MP speaking in the House of Commons Chamber yesterday

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Preston Police said around £28,000 in cash was found in a carrier bag during the Broadgate vehicle stop

£28,000 cash found in Preston vehicle

Police activity at Preston dock on March 16, 2026

Father sought help 19 times before son’s death

A ketamine drugs bust across Lancashire resulted in 32 people including a 15-year-old being arrested

32 arrested after ketamine drugs bust across Lancs

The ‘Crazy’ drugs line OCG supplied heroin and crack cocaine over a number of years but were dismantled after a Lancashire Police investigation

‘Crazy’ line drugs gang who brought misery to streets now behind bars

A 28-year-old man from Manchester has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering after officers found approximately £10,000 of cash in the car (pictured here) on Knowles Way, Chorley.

Man, 28, arrested after police stop finds wad of cash in car

The men pictured are among 10 who were jailed last Friday for being involved in a drugs gang who supplied and distributed cocaine in Colne, Nelson and other parts of East Lancashire.

These men won't be relaxing at a spa anytime soon
The men won’t be relaxing at a spa anytime soon.
Emma Downey

Nico Moorby, 31, pictured with Pablo, claimed the thousands of pounds he and his gang made from selling class A drugs instead from his dog breeding business.

Gang boss who named Pit Bull Pablo after drugs line jailed

Preston Crown Court

Lancashire man jailed after stashing vast haul of drugs

A 15-year-old boy from Leyland found with a machete and drugs has received a referral to Lancashire Youth Offending Team panel for an extended compliance period of six months with a total contract period of 12 months.

Teen, 15, found with 'large' knife and drugs receives punishment

Colin Benson, 60, was surveilled by NCA officers at Watchet Marina in Somerset, where the drugs were seized

Breaking Longton man jailed after £26.5million worth of smuggled cocaine seized

Preston Crown Court. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Illegal immigrant beaten after escape attempt from Leyland drug farm

Only selected pharmacies will be open on Easter bank holidays

GP who prescribed himself 'dangerous' drugs is allowed back to work

Balaclava seized.

Teen, 15, charged after being found with 'large' knife and drugs

The openings in the walls of the Preston Central Methodist Church have left its forecourt exposed to misuse

Preston church to combat 'drugs and anti-social behaviour' on its own doorstep

Balaclava seized.

Man arrested after being found with 'large' knife and drugs

Haslingden Trades Club

Police slam club for 'fighting, drugs, lock-ins and underage drinking'

Plain clothed officers wearing hoodies made 16 arrests in Preston this week, most of which were drug related

16 people arrested in Preston by "undies" officers

A 21-year-old man has been arrested for the supply of controlled drugs after being stopped by police in Accrington.

Man arrested after police stop suspicious vehicle

Lancashire Police

70 arrested as drug networks 'dismantled' and samurai sword seized

Amanda Jayne Meadowcroft – DOB 11/07/1972 – Argyle Street, Darwen, Lancashire.
Arrested while serving a suspended sentence for importing 30 kilos of cannabis from Thailand to the UK (10 months, suspended for 12 months).
Pleaded guilty to importing cocaine.

Bradley Couzins – DOB 24/11/1991 – Gillibrand Street, Darwen, Lancashire. Pleaded guilty to importing cocaine and assaulting an NCA officer

Mother and son jailed over plot to smuggle £294k of cocaine

David Green was caught with crack cocaine and heroin in Burnley

Drug dealer hid in loft after police uncovered cocaine and heroin

Two men have been arrested after police pursued a “suspicious vehicle” through Accrington before discovering more than £9,000 in cash

Two arrested after police pursue 'suspicious vehicle' and seize £9k

A man was arrested on suspicion of drug offences following a late-night police response in Accrington

Man, 21, arrested on suspicion of drug supply after foot chase

Rajab Ali, 47, was stopped on November 17, 2024, when officers from the Road Crime Team pulled over his grey Volkswagen Passat in Camden Street in Nelson.
They searched the vehicle and found over £2,000 pounds in cash

Driver found with over £2k cash in car give this reason to police

Coroner describes untimely death of Preston mum, 37, as ‘tragic case’

Rescued dog Bruce.

Sniffer dog found teen's drug stash hidden under his own mum's bed

Neighbourhood policing officers carried out an early morning drugs warrant in Blackburn

'Curtain-twitching' start to Pancake Day as warrant leads to arrest

Criminals jailed in Lancashire in 2026 so far

Faces of 34 criminals jailed in 2026 so far

A drugs gang, headed by Frankie Taylor (L) and James Kiely (R), that flooded East Lancashire with cocaine and cannabis has been jailed

Drugs gang who flooded streets with cocaine and cannabis jailed

Florin Ajudanu (L) and Ruslans Stromanis (R) have been jailed following a police investigation into the supply of crack cocaine and heroin in Blackburn

Two jailed after crack and heroin drugs line shut down

Zion Yearwood and Ryan Njoroge have been jailed after police uncovered a five-figure drugs haul in a car parked outside a Burnley takeaway

Two men jailed after £13k heroin and crack haul seized from car

Julia Watson smuggled drugs worth up to £95,000 into HMP Garth by hiding them inside a commercial dishwasher

The former prison officer who smuggled £95k drugs into HMP Garth

More than £100,000 in cash and drugs were seized after police stopped a van at motorway services in Lancashire

More than £100,000 cash and drugs seized after van stopped on M6

Levi Granger has been jailed for five years after police found cocaine and heroin during a drugs warrant at his home

Man jailed after police find cocaine and heroin in drugs raid

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