A TOTAL of 12 people were arrested in a 48-hour police blitz on hard drugs dealing in Torbay.

Operation Tucker ended yesterday with a further six people being detained in Torquay and Paignton.

Some 50 officers took part in the two-day sweep aimed at disrupting the local supply of hard drugs like heroin.

Five of the arrests yesterday were made on the street.

The one house arrest was in Winner Street where a 30-year-old man was taken in for questioning.

A 40-year-old man was arrested in the same street.

Other arrests in Paignton were in Cecil Road where a 29-year-old man was detained and Torquay Road where a 35-year-old man was taken away by officers.

In Torquay a 33-year-old man was arrested in Fleet Street and a 39-year-old woman was detained in Castle Road.

All the arrests related to offences of supplying drugs or being concerned in the supply of them. Each was later being quizzed at Torquay Police Station.

Four of the six people arrested on the first day of the operation were sent to court while two were bailed.

Det Insp Dave Thorne, who headed the operation, said: "We've been very pleased with the way things have gone. Our efforts to stifle drug supplies locally will continue."