Police seize £240k drugs in Renfrewshire raids

DRUGS with an estimated street value of almost a quarter of a million pounds have been seized by police during late-night raids on four properties in Renfrewshire.

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Three men were arrested in connection with the class C substances, Police Scotland said.

The raids happened at around 11.50pm yesterday. Officers acting under warrant searched a commercial premises in Paisley’s Underwood Road and houses in Blackwood Terrace, Johnstone; Houston Road, Inchinnan; and Earlshill Drive, Howwood.

The drugs, believed to be manufactured Valium, are valued at £240,000, police said.

The three arrested men, aged 48, 40 and 21, are in police custody and are expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Monday.