Drugs haul and rifle seized in dawn raids

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Officers seized cocaine, cannabis, cash and other items

A huge haul of drugs including cocaine and MDMA have been seized in police raids, with a rifle also found.

Police went to homes in Congleton, Holmes Chapel, Macclesfield, Middlewich, Ashton-under-Lyne, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge on Tuesday.

Fifteen men aged 16-39 and a woman, 58, were arrested.

Officers seized cocaine, cannabis, MDMA, cash, cannabis, phones, a rifle, two cars, a quad bike and jewellery.

Det Sgt Angie Coppock said she hoped the drug raids would reassure residents.

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