Ten people have been arrested in connection with a drug dealing operation that spanned the length of the country.
Officers from the Met's Special Projects Team, supported by colleagues from the Organised Crime Command, launched a series of raids, during which they seized approximately 100kg of suspected cannabis and arrested ten men and nine women.
The arrests were made at about 2.30pm on Monday at properties across south east London and Northumbria.
All were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply a controlled drug and taken into police custody where they remain for questioning.
The arrests in London include a 40-year-old man who was detained at an address in Bexley, a 41-year-old man who was held at a house in Bromley, a 54-year-old man arrested at a property in Orpington, and a 44-year-old man who was detained at a property in Greenwich.
Five people; a 19-year-old woman, a 23-year-old man, two 27-year-old men, and a 62-year-old man were arrested in properties across South Shields, in Northumbria.
A 48-year-old man was also arrested at an address in Newcastle.
About £40,000 in cash was recovered from one of the South Shields addresses.
