AS part of routine patrols to keep our roads safe for everyone on Sunday 17 November, our Roads Policing Unit officers stopped a car shortly after noon due to a defective brake light.

As officers searched the car whilst stopped in Church Langley Way, Harlow, they located multiple deal bags of cannabis, cash and two mobile phones believed to be used in connection with drug dealing.

In total, 31 deal bags were seized, and tests will be carried out to determine the contents of some as it is believed they may be Class A drugs.  

The sole occupant, a 28-year-old man from Ilford, East London, was arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply.

He was released on bail until 17 December whilst we continue to investigate.

Mr Adam Pipe, Head of Roads Policing said: “Thanks to the alertness of my officers, one traffic offence has led to the detection of drugs being seized and taken off our streets.

“By patrolling the county’s roads, we are in a unique position to identify and detect offences that not only affect road safety, but where the criminal use of our roads transports drugs between locations.

“We’ll continue to patrol our roads to prevent and detect crimes from taking place in Essex and making it a hostile place to deter those coming to Essex in the first place to sell drugs.”