Boxes of illegal pills and a cannabis grow were all uncovered during a trio of police raids on Monday morning 27 October.
Simultaneous warrants were executed at two homes and a shop as part of an operation led by City North officers.
Prompted by intelligence suggesting they were linked to drugs supply, police descended on the addresses just before 9am.
Properties in Arnold Road, Bestwood, Northwood Crescent, Sherwood, and Coppice Road, Arnold, were all targeted at the same time.
Drills and battering rams were used to get through the front doors of the homes, while entry was forced through the shop’s metal shutters.
Boxes of pharmaceutical Class C drugs, including Zopiclone and a range of steroids, were among the items recovered from the Coppice Road-based shop.
More suspected Class C drugs were meanwhile also found in Arnold Road and Northwood Crescent, before officers then made a further discovery.
That’s after a mirror inside Northwood Crescent was seen to be covering a hidden door, which led to an adjoining room with a ladder.
After climbing up that, the officers came across a substantial cannabis grow in a loft area, which was subsequently dismantled by police.
Each of the three warrants were coordinated by the City North Neighbourhood Policing team, with the support of officers covering the Gedling area.
And following today’s activity, the message from the officers was that they will continue to target anyone suspected of being involved in drugs supply.
“This morning’s simultaneous warrants came as part of an investigation into the supply of the Class C drug Zopiclone,” said City North Sergeant Ash Small.
“We acted on intelligence we received suggesting these three properties could be involved, which ultimately led to us recovering quantities of the drug and other substances too.
“Searches of one of these addresses also helped uncover a cannabis grow that was found behind a hidden door, so it was a really pleasing result all-round.
“I’d add though that it’s much harder for us to execute warrants like the ones today without intelligence of illegal activity being provided by the community.
“Tackling drugs supply is one of our policing priorities in the City North. It’s a staple of what we do day in and day out, so warrants like these are our bread and butter really.
“Targeting those who are causing harm in the community with the onward supply of drugs is what we want to be doing and it’s certainly what we should be doing as well.
“As today has shown, community intelligence is vital for helping us do that, so we’d encourage people to continue reporting their suspicions to us, so that we can do something about it.”
Any information relating to criminality in your area can be reported to your neighbourhood policing team by calling 101 or contacting Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
