FIVE more men from Newport arrested after a series of Gwent Police raids in the city earlier this week, have appeared before magistrates.
They have been charged with offences relating to the alleged supply of class A drugs, following co-ordinated raids as part of the Gwent Police’s ongoing Operation Jigsaw.
The five defendants and the charges they face are:
Kade Reynolds, 26, of Somerton Park - five counts of supplying heroin and one count of supplying crack cocaine;
Delroy Lewis, 50, of Clarence Place - four counts of supplying heroin;
Kane Bray, 19, of Somerton Park - two counts of supplying heroin;
Mason Quigley, 21 - of Claremont, three counts of supplying heroin;
Nicholas Holwell, 33 - of Maesglas Road, three counts of supplying heroin and one count of possessing cannabis.
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All five were remanded in custody and are due to appear at Newport Crown Court on Thursday July 2.
Six other defendants from Newport, five men and a woman, were remanded in custody earlier this week after they appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court on class A drug supply charges.
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