MERSEYSIDE Police arrested 267 people throughout Merseyside as part of the Home Office’s Tackling Drugs Week.
Officers executed 238 search warrants and seized drugs with a £269,000 street value.
In Wirral, raids on two houses in Wallasey and Moreton resulted in almost two kilos of cocaine, with a street value of £90,000, being recovered and a 28-year-old man from Wallasey charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
At the entrance to the Wallasey tunnel, police stopped two men in a Saab convertible and, after they reacted suspiciously to being stopped, their car was searched and a one kilogram block of cocaine was found, with an estimated value of £50,000.
Also seized were 130 cars and three cannabis factories were closed down.
Merseyside Police's Assistant Chief Constable, Helen King, said: “The successes we have seen will all contribute to making Merseyside a safer place to live and visit.”
