SIX people have been arrested in separate incidents for drugs offences.

North Yorkshire Police used Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), to monitor some suspects travelling in and out of the area, while others were found thanks to concerns raised about a disturbance in York.

On November 10, three people were arrested, including two 17-year-olds boys and a 21-year-old man from Liverpool, at a property in York. They were taken into custody and the 21-year-old was remanded in custody and charged with possessing class B drugs and obstructing the police. One of the 17-year-olds was issued with a caution and the other released without charge.

On November 14, ANPR showed a vehicle linked to cross border drug dealing travelling out of the area. On its return to North Yorkshire, it was stopped on the A64 near Bilborough. Two occupants of the car, a 37-year-old from York and a 34-year-old from Liverpool, were arrested. The York man was arrested on suspicion of three burglaries, of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and fraud by false representation. The man from Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. Both were released but remain under investigation.

In the early hours of November 15, a 17-year-old boy from Manchester was arrested on suspicion of possessing class A drugs after ANPR flagged up a vehicle travelling along Tadcaster Road in York and believed to be linked to cross border drug activity. He remained in police custody on Friday.