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Five-year investigation into Surrey drugs network ends with ten convicted

A paint can. Woodland drug hides. 14,000 messages. A phone thrown from an 11th floor balcony.

What sounds like the plot of a crime drama was actually five years of meticulous evidence gathering and police work to dismantle a drugs network operating across Dorking in Surrey.

It all started when officers caught one suspect ‘grey’ handed, attempting to hide a quantity of cocaine in a can of grey paint.

As the investigation unfolded, officers seized more than £70,000 worth of cannabis, uncovered drugs hidden in woodland and pieced together thousands of messages about the movement of drugs and money.

Along the way, officers also worked with partner agencies to support vulnerable people and tackle the wider harm caused by drugs in the community.

Ten people have now been convicted in connection with the investigation.

You can read the full story on our website here: Five-year investigation into Surrey drugs network ends with ten convicted | Surrey Police 

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