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Fifty arrests after fatal A66 crash as police seize guns, drugs and cash
Police say the operation targets criminal networks linked to serious violence and drug supply across the area. Find out what officers have seized and how the investigation has developed.
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00:0050 people have been arrested in a police operation targeting organised crime following the fatal A66 crash.
00:08Seven people died in the head-on collision, including Cleveland police officers Matthew Blades and Tom Clough.
00:15Police say 10 of those arrested are allegedly linked to a Volvo reported to have driven into two properties in
00:21August.
00:22Officers have seized guns, machetes and ammunition, along with drugs worth £60,000 and more than £30,000 in cash.
00:31Fifteen people have been charged with various offences, including possessing firearms and supplying drugs.
00:37Police say the investigation is continuing and three children have been subject to safeguarding interventions.

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