Leicestershire Police have been running this Operation called Lionheart all week and it aims to crackdown on County Lines activity which involves drugs being moved in and out of Leicestershire.
Operation Lionheart results – total from three days of activity
Total warrants = 57
Total arrests = 24
Total people charged = 23
Operation Lionheart – update - Friday 12 April
Ryan McGeechan, 20, of Brook Street, Shepshed, arrested yesterday (Thursday 11 April), has been charged with one count of supplying a class A drug.
All the below were arrested yesterday (Thursday 11 April) and have subsequently been charged
A 17-year-old boy, who can’t be named for legal reasons, has been charged with two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and one count of possession with intent to supply a class A drug.
Christopher Abbot, 52, of Kelbrook Close, Leicester, has been charged with possession of a shotgun without a certificate on 27 January 2019.
Laura Harley, 41, of Chestnut Road, Glenfield, has been charged with one count of supply of a class A drug.
Zavesh Patel, 27, of Chestnut Road, Glenfield, has been charged for failing to appear at magistrates’ court in relation to a theft in January 2019.
Andrew Manjengwa, 20, Samson Road, Leicester, was charged with 13 counts of supplying class A drugs and two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
A 15-year-old boy, who can’t be named for legal reasons, has been charged with one count of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
Ackeem Lewis-Thorpe, 23, of Wycombe Road, Leicester, was charged with one count of burglary dwelling, one count of theft, one count of theft of a motor vehicle all on 26 December 2018 and converting criminal property.
Mark Cheval, 42, of Seymour Close, Loughborough, was charged with five counts of supplying class A drugs.
David Harker, 44, of Pevensey Road, Loughborough, was charged with six counts of supplying class A drugs.
A 20-year-old Leicester man, arrested on suspicion of supplying a class A drug, has been released no further action.
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