Operation Ballet: 5 further arrests for drugs offences

5 further arrests for drug offences were made in the Sudbury Avenue area of Hereford at around 11am today.

Around 50 wraps of class A drugs and around £1000 in cash were seized from a nearby address.

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: "We encourage members of the public to call in with information on potential drug gangs operating in our city. Please call 101 or 0800 555111, every piece of information is important and helps us build a case."

The operation, codenamed 'Operation Ballet' involved raids in Hereford and Birmingham and is the largest of its kind ever carried out in the region.