NORTH Yorkshire Police are continuing their crackdown on 'county lines' drug crimes with the arrest of five suspected dealers.

'County lines' is the term given to drug dealers who travel from urban areas to sell drugs in smaller county towns, using mobile phones to advertise their drugs.

This week officers carrying out proactive patrols in the Queen Street area of Scarborough saw what they believed was a drug deal taking place.

They followed the suspects to a flat nearby where they seized numerous items suspected of being used in the supply of drugs, including a large amount of cash, mobile phones and wraps of suspected class A drugs.

They also discovered several people at the flat who were not the rightful residents.

In total five people aged between 17 and 42 were arrested on suspicion of offences linked to the supply of class A drugs.

An 18-year-old and 17-year-old remain in police custody at this time, the rest were released while under investigation.