Man charged with cocaine, MDMA and cannabis supply offences

A man has been charged with drug supply offences after we found cocaine, MDMA and cannabis inside a house in Stoke-on-Trent.

Joseph Wardle, aged 44, of Kingsley Moor, Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with possession with intent to supply cocaine, MDMA and cannabis.

It comes after the local policing tasking team searched an address near Beverley Drive in Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, on Monday 8 July and found the drugs inside.

Wardle has been remanded in custody ahead of his next appearance at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 12 August this year.

We launched Operation Target in May last year and have since arrested more than 1,000 people on suspicion of drug and weapon offences in Staffordshire as part of a crackdown on serious and organised crime.

To read more about our work, visit: Operation Target: More than 1,000 arrests for drugs and weapons offences | Staffordshire Police