ELEVEN arrests were made when police mounted a major crackdown on drug dealing ‘trap houses’ blighting local communities in south Leeds.

Officers from the Leeds South Neighbourhood Policing Team led a series of drugs warrants on Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging initiative to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.

The day saw a total of eleven arrests, seven weapon recoveries and 26 vehicles seized, including a large number of stolen motorbikes discovered at a storage business.

Extra officers were drafted in to support the operation from a range of specialist teams, including from the force’s violence and knife crime initiative Operation Jemlock, Roads Policing Unit, Proactive Intercept Team, Off-Road Bike Team, as well as Dog and Mounted Sections.

 

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