Man pleads guilty to drugs possession offences and is due to be sentenced

A man has pleaded guilty to drugs offences following the execution of several drugs warrants in Cheltenham last week.

Richard Cooper, aged 39 and of Waterloo Street in Cheltenham, appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Friday 4 July where he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a class A drug and possession of criminal property.

Cooper has been remanded into custody and is due to be sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court on Friday 1 August.

The court case relates to a drugs warrant where a large quantity of cocaine and cash were found at an address in the St Paul's area of Cheltenham last Thursday (3 July).