A NUMBER of suspected Class A drug dealers were arrested earlier today as part of a series of police raids in Rossendale.

Three addresses, including The Sun Inn pub were raided resulting in three men being arrested on suspicion of Class A drug offences.

Officers from the Major Crime Unit and Pennine Division - including Support Unit Officers Dog Patrols, CID and geographic staff - took part in the operation in support of the force's Operation Nimrod.