Police in Wakefield have charged two men with drug offences after warrants were executed at two addresses in Castleford on Wednesday.
Searches of the addresses located laboratory equipment used to make drugs, a large quantity of cannabis and substantial amounts of sweets and packaging materials believed to be connected to the manufacture of THC-infused sweets. Officers also seized thousands of items of packaging from the Garden Street address, including vials, needles and boxes believed to be connected to the commercial manufacture and distribution of unregulated weight-loss injections. A large number of prescription medicines were also seized.
Two men and a woman were arrested in connection with the investigation.Sam Hebblethwaite of Garden Street, Castleford, has been charged with conspiring to produce Class B drugs, possession of unauthorised medicinal products intended to be supplied, manufacture of medicinal product for unauthorised sale, possession with intent to supply Class C drugs, production of cannabis and possession of cannabis with intent to supply. Mark Asprey of Smawthorne Grove, Castleford, has been charged with conspiracy to produce Class B drugs, possession with intent to supply Class C drugs, possession with intent to supply cannabis, and production of cannabis.
Both men have been remanded to appear in magistrates court in Leeds today.