Series of arrests after police raids across North East

POLICE action in North Tyneside has seen 24 people arrested, with Class A drugs, cash and weapons also seized.

- By OWEN YOUNGER

Officers execute warrants

Officers working as part of Northumbria Police's Operation Impact executed a range of warrants in the area with arrests made for a range of offences, including suspicion of supplying Class A drugs and money laundering.

Units from the Serious Violence Disruption Unit, Neighbourhood Policing Teams, and Operation Dragoon, were also involved in the crackdown.

Officers attended an address in the New York area of North Shields, recovering Class A and B drugs, and a large sum of cash. Then officers uncovered heroin and drug paraphernalia at a flat in Wallsend, with a woman being arrested.

Five wanted people were arrested in the area, and other arrests were made with weapons seized around the use of corrosive substance attacks.

Officers also delivered training to over 50 people in partner organisations around spotting the signs of criminal exploitation. Young offenders were tackled, and joint patrols with North Tyneside Council's Trading Standards team ensured retailers were complying with regulations.