Widnes Woman Charged With Drugs & Shoplifting Offences

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Friday, July 5th, 2019 10:43am

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A woman from Widnes has been charged with drugs and shoplifting offences.

Emma Philbin was arrested shortly after 11.30am yesterday, Thursday 4 July, after officers seized a quantity of class A drugs at an address in Lower House Lane.

The 35-year-old has since been charged with two counts of possessing a controlled drug of class A (heroin and crack cocaine).

She has also been charged with two counts of shoplifting from a shop in connection with incidents at the Wilko store in Widnes Shopping Park on Monday 3 June and Monday 24 June.

Philbin, of Lower House Lane, has been remanded in custody and is set to appear at Warrington Magistrates’ Court today, Friday 5 July.

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