Drugs seized in house raid

CANNABIS plants, heroin and diazepam with a value totalling £12,000 were seized in a police swoop on a Stenhouse property.

Officers searched the property in Stenhouse Drive on Thursday and discovered a cannabis cultivation of 26 plants.

Following a search of the occupants, diazepam and heroin was also seized.

A 34-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday in connection with alleged drug offences.

A police spokesman said: “Drugs are a blight on our communities.”