Police on the Isle of Wight have carried out an operation to target the supply of Class A drugs being distributed through the postal service.
Officers have today (Wednesday) visited Royal Mail’s sorting offices at Newport and Ryde in a bid to crack down on the supply of drugs to the Island.
Newport’s Neighbourhood Policing Team and a local dog unit have been involved in the visits at both Riverway and Nicholson Road.
The operation has also been used to enhance the training of working dogs in this line of work.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary has said:
“An effective response to drugs networks and county lines demands real collaboration. Hampshire Constabulary works closely with other agencies in both the public and private sectors, as well as the local community, to tackle the supply of drugs.
“If you have information about drugs supply in your area, please report this to us on 101. Alternatively you can report it anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111”.
when i was a postman this happened often at 4am when the mail arrived from the mainland but now they broadcast when it happens
Yes but after it’s done and surely anything would already be in the sorting office anyway?
it was done while the mail was still in the back of the lorry from the mainland
Joe Thompson.
The article does not specify the time that this search took place, but surely the less people getting in the way the easier it would be to carry it out, and the Police will have taken this into consideration when arranging this search.
by the frame is laid in with letters i would say it was between7/8ocam when the photo was taken
With the amount of drugs on this island, i’m surprised the poor dogs don’t become addicts themselves from constantly having to breathe the stuff in. One can almost become a dopehead just from walking around some parts of the island. You smell it everywhere.
If you get any “wet” letters……….. assume the dog must have been caught short 🙂
So, our crack drug squad got up at the crack of dawn to crack down on drug scum sending crack through the post. What’s the crack?!!!
I wonder if this explains why my package of inkjet printer inks from Amazon has “gone missing” after they arrived at the Sandown sorting office at 5.00am on Monday morning? If so Why wasn’t I informed?
And so many appointment letters from the hospital have not been received.
Saw that dog at the festy one year. Bet he get extra Chappie if finds something.
Most people grow there own over here nowdays.
Using the postal service for deliveries is a thing of the past.
These dogs are looking for cocaine and heroin and class A drugs. Many have it sent over from the States in the old film type containers now.
These dogs can find Drugs, Money, and firearms. Does anyone know where I can get one?
The filthy drug culture will never be stopped, we lost that war decades ago…
Even if they find drugs in the post I feel it won’t make much difference, how many ferries come and go per day? There’s no searches or what have you unless they are tipped off.
So I’m pretty sure most dealers would just assume that it’s safer to bring them across on the ferries