The trial of nine men arrested in connection with drugs offences in Welshpool will take place in Mold Crown Court next year.

Michael Power (19), John Paul Power (25), Martin John Gallagher (35) and Patrick David Stokes (32), all from Welshpool, have denied charges of conspiring to supply drugs and will appear for trial in Mold on February 21, 2022.

Sheldon Terrence Kay (24) from Knighton, Kane Glyn Bastable, 24, of Wolverhampton; Kuldeep Sahota, 35, of Broad Lanes, Wolverhampton; Gavin Andrew Tony Warley, 28, of Wolverhampton; and Joshua Large, 22, of Coven, Staffordshire, have also pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to supply a class A drugs and will appear for trial on the same date.

The men were arrested in connection with a large police operation carried out at Leighton Arches in Welshpool in June.