DRUGS and cash worth almost £20,000 have been recovered following a series of police raids.
Five search warrants were executed in the Stockton area on Friday night by the police district drugs unit, CID, the community policing teams and the drug dog unit.
More than £8,000 worth of crack cocaine, £5,500 of heroin and £5,500 cash were found in the properties, as well as a CS gas spray. Four men, aged 23, 27, 28 and 29, and a 16-year-old girl were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. They are being held in custody while investigations continue.
A spokesman for the drugs unit said: "This is another major recovery of addictive Class A controlled drugs.
"The drugs unit will continue to focus on heroin and crack cocaine and target the dealers of these evil drugs to take them off the streets and to reduce associated crime and disorder."
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