Officers from the Bassetlaw neighbourhood policing team were driving through the Worksop area when they saw someone acting suspiciously.

After spotting the police, the individual ran away in the direction of Kilton Hill, Worksop, with officers pursuing him on foot.

Within seconds of that initial spot at around 5.50pm on Monday (8 May), police caught up with and detained the suspect.

Multiple wraps of suspected crack cocaine were then found in their possession, along with two ‘burner phones’.

Police also carried out a search of the nearby area, which led to the discovery of more wraps of suspected Class A drugs, which were also seized.

A 17-year-old boy was subsequently arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

PC Mark Holland, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “As a neighbourhood policing team, we carry out regular visible patrols of different areas within the Bassetlaw district, in a bid to detect and deter all sorts of criminal behaviour.

“By being out on the streets doing this, we were able to spot and follow up suspicious behaviour in this instance, which ultimately led to us taking quantities of suspected Class A drugs out of circulation and arresting a suspect.

“It really should go without saying but we don’t want to see any drug activity in our communities, and we will continue to work in different ways to try and stop this from happening.

“Our inquiries are still ongoing into this incident, so we’d ask anyone who has any information to get in touch with the police by calling 101, quoting incident 539 of 8 May 2023.”