CLASS A drugs were among a number of items recovered in drugs raids in Deeside.

North Wales Police's North Flintshire team said a number of simultaneous warrants were conducted in Shotton on Wednesday.

A quantity of suspected Class A drugs, cash, scales, phones and weapons - including machetes - were seized.

A spokesperson for the team said: "Any information you provide to us will be treated confidentially and will always be acted on if it's in the interest of making North Wales the safest part of the UK."