DRUGS and cash have been seized and arrests made, following police raids across Wrexham.

As part of a pro-active and pre-planned operation today, North Wales Police executed a number of search warrants in Wrexham and surrounding villages, Llangollen and Merseyside areas specifically targeting those involved in the supply of Class A controlled drugs in the region.

Under Operation Bypass officers arrested four women aged between 23 and 40 and two men in their late 30s, all from the Wrexham area, and a 27-year-old man from Liverpool for being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs.

All are currently detained at a local police station awaiting interview.

In addition quantities of what are believed to be controlled drugs, associated paraphernalia and a large amount of cash were seized and importantly removed from ‘circulation’.

Det Insp Mark Hughes at Wrexham CID who coordinated the action said: "This is part of the continuing work we are undertaking in response to our communities concerns relating to drug use and the associated violence it inevitably brings.

"We are determined to target those few who cause the most harm. Today’s action is aimed at those bringing drugs into our communities from outside north Wales and in line with the forces’ Operation Scorpion’ is directly targeting serious and organised crime."

He added: "It is vitally important we listen to concerns from our communities and where necessary take proportionate and positive action. I’m very grateful for the communities patience and understanding whilst events unfolded this morning but it was also clear today’s searches and arrests went down very well. We are determined to keep our communities safe.

"Possession and distribution of controlled drugs will not be tolerated in our communities and we will continue to take positive, robust action. However we can’t tackle this problem alone and key to all our work, and that of our partners, is intelligence and I cannot emphasise enough the importance of the community sharing their concerns with us."

Information can be passed to police via the web live chat at www.north-wales.police.uk/contact/chat-support.aspx or phoning 101.

If you would rather pass information anonymously then call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.