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Six people charged after drug investigation in Chester

By Nub News Reporter   3rd Oct 2025

Six people have been charged after police carried out warrants in February. (Cheshire Police)
Six people have been charged after police carried out warrants in February. (Cheshire Police)

Six people have been charged after an investigation into drug offences in Chester and North Wales.

Police had carried out warrants on 1 February 2024 in relation to the supply of cocaine and ketamine in Chester and North Wales. Now six people have appeared in court and have been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and ketamine.

Georgia Palin, 27, Emily Hetherington, 32, Alice Woodhouse, 43, and Kim Johnson, 46, all from Flintshire were all charged along with Lewis Stenhouse, 26, from Lancashire and Jason Bascombe, 33, from Liverpool.

Johnson was also charged with intent to supply.

A spokesperson for Cheshire Police said: "All appeared at Chester Magistrates' Court on Thursday 2 October and will next appear at Chester Crown Court on Thursday 30 October.

"The charges relate to a series of warrants undertaken on 1 February 2025 in relation to the supply of cocaine and ketamine in the Chester and North Wales areas."

     

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