{"id":29455,"date":"2025-04-18T05:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29455\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T05:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:44:09","slug":"three-men-arrested-as-cannabis-with-street-value-of-700000-seized-during-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29455\/","title":{"rendered":"Three men arrested as cannabis with street value of \u00a3700,000 seized during raids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Police have arrested and charged three men following the recovery of a significant quantity of drugs in the Edinburgh and the Lothians.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Thursday, 17 April, 2025, officers executed warrants at various addresses in Livingston, Pencuik, Bathgate, Armadale and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Quantities of cannabis with an estimated street value of \u00a3700,000 were seized alongside a five-figure sum of cash.<\/p>\n<p>The men, aged 24, 30 and 32, are due to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Saturday, 19 April, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Sergeant John Irvine said: \u201cThis represents a significant recovery and highlights our efforts to disrupt the drugs trade in our local communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeizures such as this show our commitment nationally to the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce and the country\u2019s Serious and Organised Crime Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to take all steps to tackle and disrupt individuals involved in drug supply and I encourage anyone with any information to contact Police Scotland on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/04\/three-men-arrested-as-cannabis-with-street-value-of-700000-seized-during-raids\/?utm_source=newsshowcase&amp;print=pdf#038;utm_medium=gnews&amp;utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCR7ssLMMGJ4wMw8r3NAQ&amp;utm_content=rundown\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744955049_301_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/04\/three-men-arrested-as-cannabis-with-street-value-of-700000-seized-during-raids\/?utm_source=newsshowcase&amp;print=print#038;utm_medium=gnews&amp;utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCR7ssLMMGJ4wMw8r3NAQ&amp;utm_content=rundown\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744955049_879_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/john-hislop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744955049_485_Untitled-design-79.png\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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. 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