Police used specialist equipment to force entry into the homes of suspected criminals
Twenty four people have been arrested in three days of police raids as part of a crackdown on drug dealing in Kent.
Teams using specialist equipment forced entry into properties and seized items before making arrests.
A six month operation involving more than 100 officers led to the raids on 20 properties, police said.
During one raid, officers said they stopped a man swallowing 30 wraps of a substance he was apparently trying to conceal in his mouth.
The raids took place during the early hours of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday, police seized four cars and suspected crack cocaine and heroin. Nine people - two women and eight men - were arrested.
Police believe they seized heroin and crack cocaine during the raids
On Wednesday, seven more men were arrested - three for suspicion of conspiracy to supply drugs and four for suspicion of being concerned in the supply of drugs, police said.
In addition, £4000 in cash was seized from one address and a further eight arrests were made on Thursday.
Assistant Chief Constable Rob Price said the arrest and search warrants were a direct result of months of intelligence-led policing.
