A 46-YEAR-OLD Cottingley man has appeared in court charged with possession with intent to supply cocaine.

Alan Starkey, of Midway Avenue, was caught by police officers with 168 grams of the class A drug in his possession, worth an estimated £6,120 in the safe of his home, Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court heard yesterday.

He was granted unconditional bail.

Starkey will next appear at Bradford Crown Court on January 13.