EIGHT more people have been arrested in connection with drug related crimes as part of Operation Dream.

Three search warrants were yesterday executed in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in a bid to crack down on hard drugs in the town.

All eight suspects have since been in custody waiting to be interviewed.

The raids began on Tuesday, with five search warrants executed in Victoria Road, Grosvenor Road, Longwestgate and the East Mount flats. In total, 23 people have been arrested.

Of the 15 taken into custody on Tuesday, six have been charged with selling Class A drugs and related offences, and have appeared before Scarborough magistrates.

Two people have been charged in connection with court-related offences, one man has been charged with burglaries and a theft, and another five people are on police bail.

A woman is still in custody in Scarborough.