House raid nets £1m heroin haul

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Police have seized heroin with an estimated street value of more than £1m from a house on Teesside.

Cleveland Police said the find in Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, was its biggest haul of the illegal drug.

Officers who executed the search warrant also found £100,000 in cash at the house.

One man was charged with possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and was due to appear before Teesside magistrates on Thursday.

A second man arrested has been bailed pending further inquiries.

Det Insp Mel Ashley said: "I am delighted with this result.

"It is the largest recovery we have had in Middlesbrough and means we have deprived the dealers in this area of making a substantial amount of money from dealing in drugs."

A further man has since been arrested at another address where more heroin was found, and was being questioned on Thursday.