Police seize £200,000 of counterfeit cigarettes and stolen wine in raid
Prescription drugs an illegal cigarettes worth £200,000 have been seized in a raid by police.
Two men have been arrested after the operation in Warrington.
The strike comes after an investigation over several months into to the illegal supply of prescription drugs in the town by a team of officers.
In a statement Cheshire Constabulary said: “On Tuesday December 21 the team conducted a warrant at an address in Orford where they recovered thousands of counterfeit prescription drugs, approximately £200,000 worth of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco and a large quantity of stolen wine and spirits.”
Two local men, aged 67 and 31, were also arrested at the address on suspicion of money laundering and handling stolen goods.
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