LIVE: Man and woman arrested after police raid home with building taped off - latest updates

A major emergency services presence has descended on a Tameside street after a substance potentially linked to the production of spice was found.

The Manchester Evening News understands a liquid which can be used in the production of the synthetic cannabinoid was found in a raid on Queens Road, in Ashton-under-Lyne, early this morning (August 19).

Greater Manchester Police says a man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of producing class B drugs.

Forensics investigators have been seen searching the building, while firefighters and paramedics have also attended the scene.

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Two Tactical Aid Unit (TAU) vans are in attendance, alongside crime scene investigators.

A number of homes were taped off near to the building earlier this morning, but this part of the cordon has since been lifted. A car has also been removed from the scene.

A GMP spokesperson said: "Officers, alongside emergency service colleagues at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and North West Ambulance Service, executed a planned warrant at an address on Queens Road in Ashton-under-Lyne this morning (Tuesday, August 19).

"A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of producing class B drugs. They are in police custody.

"Chemicals used in the production of class B drugs are being tested.

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"Work is ongoing to secure the property. There is no wider risk to the public."

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A GMP spokesperson said:

"Officers, alongside emergency service colleagues at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and North West Ambulance Service,