Preston Police have released details of two incidents where drugs and a machete were uncovered.

The first on Tuesday (19 December) saw two 17-year-old boys entering a bank in Fishergate.

One was found with a machete measuring over half a metre which was discovered ‘uncomfortably positioned in his waistline’.

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Officers also uncovered a significant amount of Class A drugs.

On Monday officers arrested a man who had just been released from prison four days earlier.

He was found in possession of a number of drugs after being stopped in Friargate and has now been charged with drug dealing and sent back to prison.

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