EIGHT more people were arrested in Scarborough today as part of Operation Dream, a crackdown on hard drugs dealing in the town.

The three raids today take the number arrested under the operation to 23 in two days.

All eight arrested today were in custody waiting to be interviewed. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said stolen property and what were believed to be Class A drugs had been seized during yesterday's searches. Of the 15 arrested in those raids, six were due to appear before Scarborough Magistrates today charged with supplying category A drugs. A further two people will appear in front of the magistrates on "court-related offences," one will appear before magistrates charged with three burglaries and a theft and five have been released on police bail. One person is still in custody waiting to be interviewed.

Updated: 10:40 Wednesday, June 04, 2003