Recovered a record quantity of cocaine during a drugs seizure last week in Stroud.

Recovered a record quantity of cocaine during a drugs seizure last week in Stroud.The raid took place in the early hours of Wednesday, June 18, as officers discovered two kilograms of the Class A drug at a location in Ebley. The seizure follows continued proactive operations on the division targeting class A drug supply.The quantity of cocaine recovered, which has a street value of £80,000, represents the largest ever seizure of the drug in the Stroud area. 28 year-old man from Stonehouse was subsequently arrested on suspicion of supplying a class A drug and has been bailed to appear at Stroud Police Station on September 9. A 51 year-old Stroud woman was also arrested on suspicion of intent to supply a class A drug and has been bailed to appear at Stroud Police Station on August 12.Detective Inspector Jan Blomfield of Stroud Police Station said: "We're very pleased with this seizure of cocaine, which is the largest in the Stroud area ever made."In conjunction with the successful drugs operations we carried out in Cirencester in September last year, this result further highlights how we are acting to tackle the problem right across the division."Stroud is a relatively crime-free town and it is only a small number of people who deal drugs there."However, considering the misery caused by these type of drugs, and the links they often have to other crimes, it is important that we continue to destabilise the drug dealing core that continue to operate."