Huge drugs seizure in Wavertree
Drugs with a street value of at least £16m have been found in a house in Wavertree, south Liverpool and an apartment in Liverpool city centre.
Drugs with a street value of at least £16m have been found in a house in Wavertree, south Liverpool and an apartment in Liverpool city centre. The drugs, which are believed to be cocaine, heroin and cannabis, were found in a house in Stradbroke Road, off Mendip Road, Wavertree at 2.15pm and at an apartment in Duke Street in the city centre later in the day. One man aged 33 from Huyton was arrested inside the house in Wavertree on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. A second man, aged 31, from Kirkby was arrested elsewhere in Wavertree during the afternoon. Crime scene investigators from Merseyside Police carried out an extensive forensic examination of the house and apartment. A number of vehicles were removed from outside the house including a van. Drugs were found in the van and various parts of the house. More drugs were found in the apartment. A large-scale investigation led by the North West drugs unit Titan with assistance from Merseyside Police is still ongoing.
Detective Superintendent Jason Hudson, head of operations at Titan, said: “This is a huge seizure, perhaps our largest ever, of what is estimated to be up to 160 kilos of cocaine and heroin which could have had a street value of at least £16 million, probably more. “These drugs would have made a lot of criminals a lot of money at the expense of the harm they would have caused our communities so it is immensely satisfying to have seized them before they were supplied on the streets of the North-west.”