Officers conducting routine stop search arrest man for drug offences

Officers conducting a routine stop search of a vehicle in Hedge End have arrested a man.

It comes after officers stopped a blue Volkswagen on Tuesday 8 June at around 12.15pm on Kings Copse Avenue in Hedge End after the vehicle was indicating as having no insurance.

Upon conducting a search of the vehicle, a quantity of suspected Class A drugs, a quantity of cash and two mobile devices were located and seized as a result.

A 23-year-old man from Southampton was arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class A drug and driving a vehicle without a license.

He has since been released under investigation.