Huge crackdown on blatant Bristol street drug deals

Four people were arrested for drugs offences as part of a city-wide crime crackdown earlier this month. The neighbourhood policing teams covering east Bristol made the arrests following an increase in high-visibility patrols amid a drive to stop open-air drug supply

On Monday, September 8, plain-clothed officers arrested and charged 27-year-old Hamza Ahmed, of Lawrence Hill, with two counts of possession with intent to supply a class A drug (crack cocaine and heroin), one count of possession of a class A drug (cocaine), and one count of using criminal property. He appeared before Bristol Magistrates’ Court the next day (September 9) where he entered a guilty plea for each offence.

Ahmed was remanded for sentencing at Bristol Crown Cour

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