MORE than 700 tablets, as well as quantities of cannabis and cocaine, were allegedly recovered from a Helensburgh man after he was stopped and searched in the town last week.

Police spoke to a male in Fisher Crescent at around 1.30pm on Friday, January 24 regarding an earlier unrelated incident, and he was subsequently detained for a drugs search.

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The 25-year-old, from Suffolk Street, was charged with three counts of alleged possession of controlled drugs and reported to the procurator fiscal.

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