Three men charged over drug offences

Two men and a boy have been charged over drug offences after a drugs warrant at a property in Stoke-on-Trent.

Police executed a drugs warrant at around 11.20am in Normacot on Friday (25 March).

A quantity of class A and B drugs were discovered along with a quantity of cash and mobile phones.

Three men were arrested a short time later.

Bilal Ahmed, 23, and Kashif Ahmd, 21, both of Wren View, Stoke-on-Trent, and a 17-year-old boy, from Stoke-on-Trent, have been charged with importing a controlled drug of Class B with intent to evade a prohibition/restriction, possession with intent to supply class A drugs – cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin and acquiring/using/possessing criminal property.

The 17-year-old has since been granted conditional bail.

All three appeared before magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre yesterday (Monday 28 March) and both men have been remanded in custody.