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LIVE: Updates several arrested and machetes seized in Middlesbrough raids

  • Suspected drug dealers and troublemakers in Middlesbrough had a rude awakening this morning when Cleveland Police carried out s series of co-ordinated raids across the town.
  • The latest Operation Artemis operation is building on last month’s success when more than a dozen arrests were made alongside the seizure of drugs, weapons, and cash.
  • In one raid, Crack cocaine concealed in a Kinder Egg, cocaine, cannabis, two machetes and £800 in cash have been seized from a property on Wrensfield Road in Stockton.
  • Officers will be hoping to make similar arrests as they target a number of suspects blighting the lives of local residents.

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