North Yorkshire Police say officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YHROCU) seized virtually 50 kilos of suspected cocaine on the weekend.

Officers, assisted by North Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Police, stopped a automobile on the A1(M) at Scotch Nook at round 9am on Saturday morning (November 30).

About 24 kilos of what’s believed to be cocaine was recovered and one man was arrested.

Additional searches of a property in Easingwold resulted in roughly 25 kilos of suspected cocaine being recovered and two additional males arrested.

A 31-year-old man of Henfield Method, Easingwold, A 20-year-old man of Beechburn Crescent, Roby, Merseyside, and a 49-year-old, of Childwall Lane, Roby, Merseyside had been charged with possession with intent to produce Class A medicine.

All three had been remanded to seem earlier than magistrates in Leeds on Monday the place they had been additional remanded to seem earlier than Leeds Crown Courtroom on 3 January.

Detective Chief Inspector Fionna McEwan of North Yorkshire Police mentioned: “Disrupting organised crime stays a foremost precedence for North Yorkshire Police. We’re dedicated to disrupting the offenders and taking these accountable off the streets.

“We urge anybody with info to proceed to report details about suspected drug dealing of their space. It’s very important in serving to us piece collectively the larger image.

“Irrespective of how insignificant you assume the knowledge is, please name us. And in case you don’t wish to converse to us, you may cross info anonymously to Crimestoppers.”