POLICE have arrested two suspected drugs dealers after seizing cocaine from a house in County Durham.

Officers from Bishop Auckland police station recovered the class A drugs, with an estimated street value of £7,000, in the teatime raid on Thursday.

Drugs paraphernalia and a 'significant amount of cash' were also seized from the property in Station Road, St Helen Auckland, near Bishop Auckland.

A 39-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply.

The pair remained in police custody tonight pending further investigation.