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Man and woman arrested after police drug raids

Tanya GuptaSouth East
News imageBBC Police leave a unit in Fort Road, Eastbourne with brown bags in each hand. The officers are wearing uniform and two are wearing gloves. The brown bags are marked "evidence" and a transparent section shows plants inside. There is a row of units behind them.BBC
Police seized plants in the raids in Eastbourne and Lower Dicker

A man and woman have been arrested after police carried out drug raids in East Sussex.

Sussex Police raided a property in Lower Dicker, near Hailsham, and a site in Polegate on Monday. They carried out a warrant at a unit in Fort Road, Eastbourne, the following day.

Officers seized a "large quantity" of suspected cannabis plants and drugs, a suspected imitation firearm, a knuckle duster and cash in Lower Dicker, the force said.

A man, 38, and a woman, 36, were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the supply of a Class B drug and bailed pending inquiries.

News imageA police car and a police van are parked outside the units in Eastbourne and a man is standing by the van talking to someone inside the vehicle through the window.
Several officers and police vehicles were at the site in Eastbourne

The man was also arrested on suspicion of producing a Class B drug, possession of a suspected firearm without a certificate, abstraction of electricity and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place.

Police also found and seized what were thought to be cannabis plants at the unit in Eastbourne on Tuesday.

News imageAn aerial view of the site in Eastbourne shows a police car near the units and a group of officers nearby. There are different types of buildings on the site, some with signs on the front and red roofs and other newer buildings with garage doors.
Two people were arrested after the raids

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