Officers from the County Line and Gangs Team sought Alfie Bean on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, after their intelligence indicated that Bean had been making phone calls from a known drug dealing mobile number. He was apprehended at a shop on Sandgate Road with his friend Riley Day, who officers suspected was also involved in drug trafficking.
Bean’s phone was seized, and both men were arrested. A search was conducted at a location they shared in town, and police discovered heroin, crack cocaine, and a hob phone.