Tip-offs from the community led to a police raid of a Swindon property - and it paid dividends for officers. 

The Stratton, Swindon Central, North and West Neighbourhood Team executed a warrant at Beaulieu Close as part of a dedicated police operation in the county.

Inside the building they found drugs, illicit cash and weapons, and one person was arrested.

A police spokesperson said: "It's the seventh phase of Operation Scorpion, where we work with other forces combining resources to create a 'ring of steel' in the South West - making it an uninhabitable environment for drugs and criminal gangs.

"During the week we made 176 disruptions - this is where our work upsets any drug dealing activity, breaking a County Line or Lines and disrupting drug gang operations."

Sergeant Andrew Iwaniszyn added: "We executed a Section 8 pace warrant based on drugs intelligence that we've gained from the community.

"It's come following weeks and months of work, looking to build the intelligence, apply to court, to be able to execute the warrant.

"It's all come together to be a really successful warrant with one person arrested from the address.

"We've seized what we believe to be an amount of class A controlled substances, weapons, and property we believe to be stolen."