A suspect was named after a car was stopped by an officers when he smelt something suspicious.
Officers stopped a car at the entrance of Wallasey Tunnel on Thursday after a grey Fiat Punto came to the attention of police on Gorsey Lane, Wallasey after an officer in a vehicle behind smelled cannabis. The car was stopped a short time later at the tunnel entrance for a search under the Misuse of Drugs Act at the approach to the Wallasey tunnel at around 12.30am.
Following the search, a quantity of cannabis and cash was recovered from the vehicle. The car was seized and the driver and passenger detained. Police also searched two addresses and found an air rifle, cannabis and cash which were also seized.