POLICE arrested two people yesterday during a day of drugs raids in a town.

Twenty officers were involved in the raids in Northallerton.

By late afternoon they had executed three warrants, arresting two people and giving another a Cannabis warning.

The raids were part of a three-day campaign called Operation Enable.

Police, firefighters, council workers and housing association staff are visiting more than 1,000 homes in Northallerton to speak to victims of crime, talk to known offenders and collect rent arrears.

Dog waste bins are being set up, smoke alarms fitted, chip pans exchanged for modern, safer items and abandoned vehicles removed.

Residents are also being told that they have a dedicated neighbourhood policing team officer, PC Tony Slaney.

Every house south of Bullamoor Road and east of Valley Road will be visited.

Inspector John Richardson, of the Hambleton neighbourhood policing team, said this was by no means a problem estate with a high crime rate.

"But it is an area that has some problems within it," he said. "For example issues have included difficult neighbours, traffic, groups of young people, and environmental concerns.

"That is why this multi-agency approach is the best - we can talk to each other and devise solutions actually on site, and we can work together to make them happen.

"As individual organisations we all have different powers and areas of expertise.

"Working together we make a formidable team that is going to move into this part of town and set in motion a co-ordinated programme of improvements and problem-solving."

Operation Enable started yesterday and continues today and Friday. The campaign aims to provide a clean, tidy environment, develop community cohesion and reduce crime and disorder.

It involves North Yorkshire Police, Northallerton firefighters, Hambleton district and North Yorkshire county councils, and the Broadacres and Accent housing associations.

Insp Richardson said: "We want to remind victims we haven't forgotten them, and ask them if they have any new information on their crime that we can act on. We will also be visiting offenders to remind them we haven't forgotten them either."