A couple on an afternoon drive were stopped and arrested over a class A drug haul.
The pair, a 29-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman from Southport, were arrested in a pre-planned County Lines operation by Merseyside Police.
Officers stopped the car as it travelled from Preston to Southport this afternoon (Friday, March 26), and the pair were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in an offer to supply Class A drugs.
The car was recovered and will be searched.
Detective Inspector Gary Stratton said: "County Lines drug dealing blights communities and the lives of those taking drugs and those who are often coerced into dealing them on behalf of organised crime groups.
"Today's arrests are just one example of the work we carry out, day in, day out to target those involved in County Lines and bring them to justice."
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