Four people are being quizzed by police after officers raided homes on Carlisle's Raffles estate today.

Cumbria Police confirmed that the arrests – of three men aged 25, 27, and 44, and a woman aged 25 – have come as part of an ongoing drugs related investigation.

All four suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to supply class A and B drugs and money laundering.

No more details have as yet been released. Nor is it known whether any illegal substances have been seized.

A police spokeswoman said: “They are currently being questioned by police.”

Eye-witnesses who contacted the News & Star said they saw a large number of police officers and vehicles in the Brookside and Raffles Avenue area shortly after 10am today.