Crown court date for Corby pair charged with county lines drug offences
Two Corby men – Kyle Sherbourne and Ben Simpson – have been charged in connection with county lines drug offences in the West Midlands after arrests in the Northamptonshire town.
The pair were charged alongside four others arrested in the Corby area as part of an ongoing operation by West Midlands Police County Lines Taskforce.
Kyle Sherbourne aged 18, of Kelvin Grove, Corby and 20-year-old Ben Simpson, of Blake Road, Corby were charged with supplying Class A drugs and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court on November 28.
Four others between the ages of 21 and 23, were also charged with the same offences at the same court.
They were Luke Adams, aged 23, of Stanhope Road, Smethwick; Liam Hickman, aged 22, of Willow Close, Cradley Heath; Connor Reed, aged 23, of Shaw Road, Tipton and Wiktoria Gajda, aged 21, of Floyds Lane, Walsall.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “The six – aged between 18 and 23 - are all due in court after they were arrested as part of an ongoing operation by our County Lines Taskforce.
Gajda, Hickman, Adams and Reed are due in court on January 7.
Sherbourne and Simpson are due at Northampton Crown Court on January 16.
Two further people were arrested and have been bailed while enquiries continue.
The spokesman added: “This is after a series of arrests in the Corby area working alongside Northamptonshire Police.
“In addition, a large amount of cash and suspected Class A drugs were seized.”