£2m of heroin seized in largest ever recovery of drug in Lothians
• Forensic officers worked into the evening to catalogue the massive drugs find. Picture: greg macvean
Dozens of officers swooped on the first-floor flat in Sighthill View shortly after midnight yesterday as part of a intelligence-led operation.
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Hide AdOfficers in body armour broke down the side door of the flat with a battering ram before discovering the huge amount of heroin being stored in the property.
A team of ten forensic officers were still working into yesterday evening to collect, catalogue and test the massive drug haul.
Four police vans were stationed in the street yesterday afternoon along with forensic unit vehicles, while u