Four men have been charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act after police recovered Class A and B drugs in West Lothian.
Officers stopped two men aged 38 and 24 within Bathgate town centre at around 1pm on Tuesday 5th January and recovered around five kilos of cannabis along with £12,000 in cash.
A search was then undertaken at an address in Meadowpark Crescent, Bathgate and a further £10,000 were seized.
Further enforcement activity was carried out at a property in Kingsfield, Linlithgow, where 34 kilos of cannabis and a kilo of cocaine were found within.
Two more men aged 34 and 27 were detained during these inquiries before all four were subsequently arrested.
All four will appear at Livington Sheriff Court on Thursday 7th January.
The estimated value of the recovered drugs is around £300,000.
Chief Inspector Stevie Dolan, Local Area Commander for West Lothian said: “These recoveries and arrests demonstrate our continued commitment to tackling serious and organised crime across West Lothian and to bring those responsible for offences such as drug crime to justice.
“This has been a sizeable seizure of harmful substances before they could make their way onto the streets of West Lothian and will undoubtedly disrupt the cash flow of organised crime groups operating in the region.
“I want to make it clear that the distribution and production of drugs, along with other forms of serious and organised crime, will not be tolerated and we will continue to use all resources at our disposal to identify those involved and remove them from our communities.
“The public have also made it clear they do not want drug dealers in their area and regularly provide us with vital information that results in successful recoveries such as this.
“Anyone who wants to report ongoing criminal activity within their community can do so by calling Police Scotland on 101 or by making an anonymous call to the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
