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Last Updated:  Monday, 24 February, 2003, 13:18 GMT
Drugs and cash seized in police raid
Two people have been bailed by police on Teesside after detectives recovered a huge haul of drugs.

Drugs with a street value of more than £100,000 were recovered from a house in the Norton area of Stockton.

Some of the drugs, which included ecstasy, cocaine, amphetamine, an cannabis, were already packaged to be sold.

A local man and woman in their 30s were arrested and were questioned by police before being released on bail.

A spokesman for Cleveland Police said the raid was "an intelligence-led operation".

The drugs seized included 7, 000 ecstasy tablets.

Other drugs such as steroids were found at the house, along with £4,000 in cash.





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