Three men were arrested today when police found a large quantity of suspected Class A drugs after searching a car and a house.
Merseyside Police stopped a Ford Fiesta in the city centre at around 1.30pm today, June 8 as part of a pre-planned operation with Cumbria Police into County Lines drugs supply.
Three men were arrested – a 19 year-old man from Fairfield, a 21 year-old man from Toxteth and a 39 year-old man also from Toxteth – on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
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Following the arrests, a large quantity of suspected Class A drugs were recovered from a house in Toxteth and will be forensically examined.
Photographs of the raid on the Toxteth home show a plastic bag containing what appears to be powder placed on an Ann Summers bag.
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: "We have arrested three men on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs as part of a County Lines operation.
"A Ford Fiesta was stopped in Liverpool city centre at around 1.30pm this afternoon, Tuesday 8 th June, by officers from Merseyside Police’s roads policing unit and Matrix disruption as part of pre-planned operation with Cumbria Police.
"Three men were arrested – a 19 year-old man from Fairfield, a 21 year-old man from Toxteth and a 39 year-old man, also from Toxteth – on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
"The arrests came as part of a joint operation under Project Medusa into County Lines in Barrow in Furness.
"All three men remain in custody where they will be questioned by detectives.
"Following the stop a large quantity of suspected Class A drugs was also recovered in a house in Toxteth and will be forensically examined."
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