Five arrests as 200 boxes of 'laughing gas' seized by police in Smethwick
Five arrests were made by officers
Five arrests were made and more than 200 boxes of nitrous oxide were seized by police officers in Smethwick.
Officers say they raided two shops in Smethwick on Tuesday (September 17) morning.
At one shop in Cape Hill, 207 boxes of nitrous oxide - known as ‘laughing gas’, bags of illicit vapes and cigarettes were recovered by officers from West Midlands Police.
In addition to this, more bags of illicit goods were taken from another shop on Bearwood Road.
Four men aged between the age of 24 and 31 were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class C drugs.
A 17-year-old boy was also arrested on suspicion of the same offences.
The men and the teenage boy have since been bailed pending further police enquiries.