OFFICERS from Wirral took part in a series of dawn raids aimed at cracking down on acquisitive crime at Christmas.
Three people have been arrested and suspected drugs and couterfeir cigarettes seized following the operation.
Police carried out raids at 12 properties across Merseyside where they suspected some of the region’s most prolific or persistent offenders lived.
Officers from Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley and St Helens took part.
A 36-year-old man and 33-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of drugs offences after cannabis and brown powder believed to be Class A drugs were found during a search of a house in Bootle.
And a 24-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of theft at a house in Kirkdale in relation to an ongoing investigation into a shop robbery in Walton.
Elsewhere, during a search of a house in Litherland, around 18,000 cigrattes and a quantity of tobacco were found and will now be subject to further enquiries by the police and Trading Standards.
A 57-year-old man at the same property was issued with a caution for cannabis possession.
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