16 people have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
- Credit: Archant
More than 20 people have been arrested, with 16 charged, following a major police operation targeting the drugs supply in Welwyn Hatfield.
Operation Telic, which ran for six months, used a combination of covert and reactive tactics to disrupt county lines drug dealing.
County lines is the name given to the trafficking of drugs out of cities into smaller towns and rural areas.
As a result of the operation, five county lines coming out of London were identified and disrupted by police.
Additionally, three vulnerable juveniles and an adult were identified for safeguarding and are now receiving help and support.
Lenoir Man Charged With Firearm Offense, Parole Violation
Xavier Dontay Dula
Lenoir Man Charged With Firearm Offense, Parole Violation
January 6, 2021
29-year-old Xavier Dontay Dula of Frontier Way NW in Lenoir was arrested Monday (January 4) by Lenoir Police Officers. He’s charged with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, parole violation, and two counts of injury to personal property. Dula was jailed in the Caldwell County Detention Center without bond. A District Court appearance was scheduled today (January 6).
A number of flats were evacuated as a bomb disposal team recovered a ‘suspicious’ item. Police were called on Wednesday (December 16) to concerns for the welfare of a resident living in a flat in Boundary Way Garston. Officers attended to conduct a welfare check and found a ‘suspicious item’ at the scene. Hertfordshire Constabulary say that as a precaution, a number of flats had to be evacuated and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team were called to assess the item.
A photo of the scene. Photo: Ryan Brooks The assessment continued up until around 2.50 am on Thursday (December 17) and the area was then deemed safe.
Chaz Palla | Tribune-Review
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A $148,000 grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development will help pay for a $400,000 project in New Kensington and Lower Burrell to replace three old waterlines that often break.
The Municipal Authority of New Kensington was awarded the state grant to replace:
• 1,300 feet of water main on Hill Street in Lower Burrell
• about 1,000 feet of water main in the 1300 block of Strawn Avenue in New Kensington
• about 1,150 feet of line on Boundary Way, between Forest and Martin avenues, in New Kensington