Homes were raided across one area of Sefton as police targeted drug dealers. The ECHO was invited alongside Merseyside Police as they carried out several warrants in Crosby on Friday, October 25.

Police said they were targeting cannabis dealers importing the drug from Thailand. A total of eight warrants were carried out in the early hours of this morning.

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