Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:04Seventeen people have been convicted for their part in a major organised crime gang involved
00:09in the supply of huge quantities of cocaine into North Derbyshire.
00:13More than nine kilograms of cocaine and over £120,000 in cash was recovered by officers
00:19as part of the operation, which was led by the East Midlands Specialist Operations Unit.
00:26Detectives including imitation firearms, knives and a taser were seized after officers
00:31dismantled the crime group, along with jewellery, high-value vehicles and designer clothing.
00:37Detective Inspector Beth Lee from the East Midlands Specialist Operations Unit, the senior
00:41investigating officer in the case, said,
00:44This was a large-scale and complex investigation into the group, which brought huge quantities
00:49of illegal drugs into Derbyshire.
00:51They recruited numerous people to help them sell cocaine and profited greatly from their
00:55illegal activities.
00:57Many of them were also involved in violent altercations with other groups or used the
01:02threat of violence to carry out their activities.
01:05Removing people like this from our streets has a huge positive impact on the safety of
01:09our communities and demonstrates that we will not tolerate the harm that they cause.
01:16The oldest pub in Chesterfield is set to reopen after being taken on by a new team, with a
01:21venue having been empty for a number of years.
01:24The Royal Oak, located at The Shambles in Chesterfield Town Centre, will open its doors
01:28again soon, with a new team taking on the historic venue.
01:32The Royal Oak has been closed since August 2021, and back in 1967 a redevelopment scheme
01:38threatened the pub with demolition, sparking an outcry which resulted in a plan to hoist
01:42the building onto rollers and transfer it into a new site.
01:45However, neither the redevelopment or the pub's relocation materialised.
01:50The half-timbered hidden gen in the town centre has operated as a pub since 1722 according
01:55to the earliest records.
01:57The building is said to have originally been served as a rest house for the Knights Templar
02:01during the Crusades of the 12th century, and during the medieval period the premises also
02:06housed two butchers and accommodation.