Macclesfield Police have arrested three people and seized a quantity of illegal drugs following a partnership drugs warrant on the Moss.

At around 3pm on Friday 3 March, officers from Cheshire Police and British Transport Police conducted a warrant at a property on on Moss Lane.

While searching the home of an unspecified address, officers discovered a quantity of Class A and B drugs and a large amount of cash.

The value of the substances and pound notes has not been disclosed.  

Two men, aged 41 and 39, and a woman were arrested at the address on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A and B drugs.

The age of the woman arrested was not given. No names have been reported by Cheshire Police.

Sergeant Matt Bassirat, of Macclesfield Local Policing Unit, said: "This operation is the result of a joint investigation by Cheshire Police and British Transport Police into county lines drug dealing in the Macclesfield area.

"As a results of our partnership work we've been able to removed a large amount of cannabis and cocaine from the street of Macclesfield.

"Action such as this shows how we are continuing in the fight against illegal drugs in our community and will continue to do all we can to disrupt these criminals."

Anyone with information about illegal drug activity taking place in their community is urged to report it via https://www.cheshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/soh/seen-or-heard/ or call 101.

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