Welfare check becomes drugs bust in Bognor Regis

Four people have been arrested on suspicion of drug offences and theft in Bognor Regis.
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Sussex Police said officers attended a property in Linden Road for a 'welfare check' at around 3.35pm on Sunday (September 8).

A spokesman said: "A 54-year-old man from Bognor Regis was arrested on suspicion of permitting the use of a premises for supplying class A drugs and theft from a motor vehicle; a 17-year-old boy from Southwark in London, was arrested on suspicion of the conspiracy to supply class A drugs and the acquire or use or possession of criminal property; a 46-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested on suspicion of theft and theft from a motor vehicle and a 45-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested on suspicion of theft from the person of another.

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"All four currently remain in custody and the investigations are ongoing."

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Police revealed the theft arrests were in relation to a report of items being stolen from a car in Marshall Avenue, Bognor Regis, between 11.15pm on Friday (September 6) and 10am on Saturday (September 7).