COCAINE worth a street value of £48,000 was discovered by cops carrying out drug raids.
Three properties were searched in Airdrie and the village of Slamannan, near Falkrik yesterday following an intelligence tip-off.
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Cops say the raids took place in Airdrie's Brownieside Place, above, and Craigneuk Avenue, which runs alongside the town's Excelsior Stadium, as well as Station Road in Slamannan.
The force arrested a 41-year-old man who has been released pending further enquiries.
Detective Sergeant Martin Lees, from Lanarkshire Division's Serious Organised Crime team, said: "This was an intelligence led operation which resulted in the find of these controlled drugs.
"Those involved in such criminality will continue to be targeted by police and we rely on information from our communities to assist us to bring them to justice."
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