Drug squad officers moved into the property on Thursday afternoon, after information received from the public.

Detectives have placed brightly-coloured posters on the house in Lancelot Street, which will remain there for three months.

A spokesman for Cleveland Police said the occupiers of the house, a 33-year-old man and a woman, 28, were not in the house at the time.

The action was part of Operation Crackdown and follows new powers included in the Anti-Social Behaviour Act.

The police spokesman said investigations were continuing and promised "robust action" against the town's drugs users.