Police arrested two people from the Midlands attempting to fly drugs into a prison in Leyland.

Lancashire Police used their drone operations team to help locate people hiding in hedges after they were spotted close to HMP Wymott on Sunday evening.

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Around midnight on Sunday (May 10) officers spotted a parked Toyota CHR.

Police say as they approached the vehicle two people ran off and were arrested following a police chase and the use of the drone team.

A woman aged 44 from Nottinghamshire was arrested on suspicion of Possession of a Class B Drug with intent to supply and a 16-year-old boy from Staffordshire was arrested on suspicion of Possession of a Class B Drug with intent to supply and car theft.

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Police have recovered from the Toyota a quantity of drugs, suspected to be cannabis, a number of mobile phones and a drone.

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