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Man and woman who looked 'suspicious' driving BMW are now in jail

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Two drug dealers from Bolton are behind bars after being caught by police with dozens of wraps of heroin hidden in a BMW. Tracie Barnes and Anthony Griffin were part of a plot to sell the class drugs on the streets of Barrow in Cumbria.

But the pair were arrested after police spotted Griffin, 62, 'acting suspiciously' before getting behind the wheel of the car.

After police pulled the BMW over they found 79 wraps of heroin and a wrap of crack hidden in bags in the footwells, cannabis, a knife and £1,500 in cash the driver's door pocket.

In total 68.6 grams of class A drugs with an estimated street value of between £3,000 and £6,000 were discovered. A second passenger in the BMW, Sean Burton, 19, of Wolverhampton, was also arrested. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Two phones were also seized from Burton.

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