EXCLUSIVE: Man arrested after police surround house two days after helicopter search

A man was arrested in connection with drugs and malicious communications after a police search ended after two days.

Police were called to the Parsloe Road area of Harlow, Essex, shortly before 7pm on March 8 2025 to reports of someone making threats.

Officers attended and the area and carried out a search with the assistance of a National Police Air Service helicopter, but were unable to trace anyone.

Two days later, on March 10, a man was arrested after police surrounded an address.

An Essex Police spokesperson said: "Officers with Harlow Local Policing Team were conducting inquiries in the Wooding Grove area as part of efforts to arrest a suspect in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged malicious communications.

"They surrounded a property after identifying a suspect was inside an address.

"After he attempted to flee the rear of the address, officers detained him.

"Searches uncovered mobile phones, cannabis and cash."

Jack O’Donoghue, 19, of Wooding Grove, Harlow, has since been charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis, as well as sending communication threatening death or serious harm.

He was remanded in custody until a further hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday 9 April.

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