A POLICE crackdown on dealers has been welcomed by the residents whose lives are blighted by the drugs menace. Officers swooped on five addresses in the Bloomfield area as part of a "sustained attack" on drug activity yesterday morning.

Neighbours on four streets were woken by the sound of more than 40 officers dressed in riot gear smashing down doors at properties on Ribble Road, Newbury Avenue, Westmorland Avenue and Central Drive.

A quantity of suspected Class A drugs and cannabis was taken from the address at Ribble Road, while a further stash of suspected Class A drugs was found at an address at Newbury Avenue.

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