Two men have been arrested after heroin with a street value of £1.2 million and a suitcase full of cash was seized in a string of raids on Merseyside.

Officers found 12kg of the drug and around £500,000 in cash during a search of a property in the Thatto Heath area of St Helens.

Images released by police show blocks of heroin and a black suitcase stuffed with bundles of notes.