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Officers say they were knocking at an address whilst searching for a man, however, after soon discovering it was the wrong door - they were hit with something else.

South Leicestershire Police discovered three males bagging up large quantities of class A drugs.

The three men, two aged 28 and one aged 27, were arrested on suspicion of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.

Officers said in a tweet yesterday they were searching for a man when they knocked on a door in the area of Cavendish Road, Leicester at 9.20am.

(Image: GETTY)

(Image: GETTY)

But, to their surprise that door turned into a massive drug haul after they witnessed the ‘drug dealers’ bagging up the drugs.

In the tweet, South Leicestershire Police wrote: “By chance, we were at an address yesterday looking for a male.

The men, from Solihull and Leicester, were arrested on suspicion of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.

A police spokesman said they have since been released under investigation and inquiries are ongoing.

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Drug related crimes have tripled from 720 to around 2,000 over the past year, the National Crime Agency has warned.

Boys aged 15 to 17 are most likely to be groomed and exploited by drug gangs, who use untraceable mobile phone lines, known as deal lines, to take orders.