On Friday, October 20, Detectives from Cumberland CID carried out two warrants in Cleator Moor and Maryport.

A Cumbria Police spokesperson said: "Following a warrant at a property on Birks Road in Cleator Moor, Simon Gilmour, 47, was charged with possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A – Cocaine and remanded in custody.

"He was also charged with five counts of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A and possessing a controlled drug of Class A – Crack Cocaine in relation to offenses in 2021.

"He is to appear at Carlisle Crown Court on November 20. 

"In the second warrant officers located a small amount of Cannabis from a property on Argyle Terrace in Maryport."