Four arrested as 'industrial scale' pill-making operation uncovered in Bowburn

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Four arrested as 'industrial scale' pill-making operation uncovered in Bowburn
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The equipment, which is capable of producing millions of fake class C drugs, was recovered from a storage unit along with hundreds of thousands of tablets.

A machine capable of producing class C drugs on an 'industrial scale' has been seized by police in County Durham .

Two men were arrested at the site, where they also found equipment used to mix the drugs and package them into blister packets. Detective Chief Inspector Marc Michael, of Northumbria Police, said: “This operation involved staff from across the organisation who showed great teamwork to uncover and dismantle an operation of this scale.

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