SOCA swoops on alleged drug gang and stolen passport ring - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo

Liverpool SOCA swoops on alleged drug gang and stolen passport ring - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo: "ALLEGED members of a crime ring trading in Class A drugs and stolen passports were rounded up in Liverpool in two days of swoops.
Officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency and Merseyside police spent yesterday and Wednesday arresting their targets in a massive pre-planned operation.
More than 200 officers were involved in arresting 20 men and two women in Liverpool.
SOCA officers also picked up three more men in London, one in Lancashire and one in Scotland.
Searches of the suspects’ homes were carried out along with a house and flat in the sleepy village of Cushendall, County Antrim.
A haul of cash and what are believed to be Class A drugs were found. The drugs have now been sent off for testing.
Investigators also found a raft of forged documents which are understood to relate to fake or stolen passports."

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