Overview
- Project Medusa officers stopped a grey Volkswagen van in Roby and found about 38kg of suspected cocaine inside shopping bags, leading to the arrest of a 40-year-old man from Huyton for questioning.
- A subsequent raid on a house in Old Swan on Wednesday recovered more than 100kg of cocaine with a reported street value of roughly £10 million and resulted in the arrest of a 53-year-old woman.
- Merseyside Police say both actions were part of Project Medusa operations that target County Lines drug supply and related exploitation, and investigators are conducting enquiries and safeguarding checks.
- Police released details that some seized drugs were packaged and reportedly branded and stacked in retail bags, information that media report as a trafficking indicator though branding has not been independently verified.
- Officers have urged anyone with information to contact Merseyside Police or Crimestoppers, and both suspects remain in custody as the force continues to examine links to wider organised networks.