Officers stopped a suspicious car and recovered a knife and class A drugs.
Police spotted a man who appeared to be driving while using a mobile phone along Bowbridge Road in Newark at around 6.40pm yesterday.
Officers moved to investigate and stopped the car in Bede House Lane.
Quantities of class A drugs and a small lock knife were recovered from the car and a woman, 25 and a man, 29, were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
The 29-year-old was also arrested on suspicion of possessing a bladed article.
Inspector Charlotte Allardice, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was excellent police work from officers who followed their intuition and took swift action to recover drugs and a weapon.
“Drugs and knife crime are incredibly damaging to local communities and we take such incidents very seriously.
“We will be thoroughly investigating last night’s report with the intention of taking appropriate action against those responsible.
“Working with local residents is a key part of our strategy in tackling drug and knife crime and it is really important that anyone who sees anything suspicious in their area reports it to Nottinghamshire Police on 101 or in an emergency, dial 999.”
