6:20pm Sunday 6th March 2011
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8892528.Men_charged_with_drugs_and_money_laundering_offences/
SEVEN men charged with drugs and money laundering offences will appear in court tomorrow.
The men were all arrested as part of Operation Sledgehammer, a Durham police-led crackdown on a suspected drug gang operating in the North-East.
The raids took place in Darlington, Middlesbrough and Liverpool on Friday, and 16 people were arrested.
A 28-year-old man and a 24-year-old man from Darlington and a 56-year-old man from Liverpool were charged and detained in custody to appear at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
A 40-year-old man from Darlington, a 23-year-old man from Birkenhead and a 30-year-old man and a 27-year-old man from Middlesbrough were bailed to appear at the same court tomorrow.