Police in Hastings have seized 2kg of cocaine and charged a man in connection with its supply.
Police say 'community intelligence' led them to a property in Wilmington Road in Hastings on Friday (21 April) where they found approximately 2kg of compressed cocaine, along with drug paraphernalia.
Twenty-eight-year-old Thomas Fear, of Wilmington Road in Hastings, was found in the property, arrested and subsequently charged with possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (cocaine) and possession of criminal property.
He appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Monday (April 24), where he was remanded in custody.
Fear is scheduled to appear at a court to be confirmed on May 22.
Chief Inspector Jay Mendis-Gunasekera, District Commander for Hastings and Rother, said:
“This is a significant amount of illegal, dangerous substance taken off the streets, which would otherwise have gone on to cause great harm in our communities.
“While Class A drugs are harmful substances in themselves, their trade and use fuels a whole array of wider crime that impacts every corner of our society.
“The use and supply of illegal drugs will not be tolerated in Hastings, Rother or Sussex as a whole, and we will continue to react proactively to any reports of such behaviour.”
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